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2008 NARSTAnnual International ConferenceImpact of Science Education Research on Public PolicyMarch 30-April 2Baltimore Marriott Waterfront HotelBaltimore, MD

Editors: Jim Ryder & Phil Scott, University of Leeds, UK

Volume 44, 2 issues per yearPrint ISSN: 0305-7267, Online ISSN: 1940-8412

The central aim of Studies in Science Education(SiSE) is to publish review articles of the highestquality which provide analytical syntheses of researchinto key topics and issues in science education. In addressing this aim, the Editors and EditorialAdvisory Board, are guided by a commitment to:

• maintaining and developing the highest standards ofscholarship associated with the journal.

• publishing articles from as wide a range of authorsas possible, in relation both to professionalbackground and country of origin.

• publishing articles which serve both to consolidateand reflect upon existing fields of study and topromote new areas for research activity.

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Acknowledgments

The following members of the Program Committee helped in preparing and editing the 2008 NARST Annual International Conference Program Book.

Penny J. Gilmer, President and Program Committee ChairCharlene M. Czerniak, President-elect and Program Committee Co-ChairJonathan Osborne, Past PresidentWilliam C. Kyle, Jr., Executive Director


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Table of Contents

Hotel floor plansGuidelines for presentersGuidelines for presiders and discussantsGeneral informationInfo about NARST and Mission StatementMembership benefitsExplanation of program session formatsStrand keySponsors and publishers exhibitsNARST leadership team2008 annual conference details Future dates for affiliate groupsStrand coordinators Program proposal reviewersNARST PresidentsNARST Executive DirectorNARST Emeritus membersNARST Award WinnersDistinguished Contributions to Science Education Through ResearchJRST awardOutstanding Paper AwardOutstanding Doctoral Dissertation AwardOutstanding Master’s Thesis AwardEarly Career Research AwardClassroom Applications AwardNARST Leadership Team and CommitteesSchedule at a GlanceAnnual meeting program by date and timeAbstracts – by first authorAuthor Index

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Guidelines for Presenters

General Responsibilities of Presenters at the Meeting • Go to the designated room early.• Greet the presider/discussant.• If you plan to use a computer file in your presentation, put your file on a USB flash drive in advance, in case you will be using another

presenter’s computer for your presentation.• Check your understanding of the LCD projector and any other audiovisual equipment prior to the session.• Stay within the designated time limit.• Invite audience questions.

Session Formats Related Paper Sets and Paper Sets Grouped by Strand CoordinatorsIn a paper session, the presider/discussant introduces the speakers, who then present an abbreviated version of their papers. Generally, each paper will be allotted 15 minutes for presentation, followed by 5 minutes of questions, critique, and/or discussion. The discussant and audience will use the remaining time for additional discussion, general review, and suggestions for further research. If the paper is not on the NARST Proceedings 2008 CD distributed at the conference, then a copy of each paper must be disseminated during or immedi-ately following the session.

SymposiaA symposium usually involves a panel of experts or stakeholders who examine a specific theme or issue. The proposer controls presenta-tions, discussion, and questioning with the assistance of the presider/discussant. A presider helps with arranging the technology, helping keep the program on time, and introducing the presenters, if needed. In some cases, a discussant makes brief and cogent remarks on each paper with suggestions for future research. Discussion should promote the expression of alternative viewpoints and theoretical positions.

Interactive Poster SessionsSix to 15 posters will be assigned to one room. Presenters at the interactive poster sessions will be assigned a presentation area within a large room. The session will be chaired by a presider who will give each interactive poster session presenter or team of presenters two minutes to introduce themselves and give a brief description of their paper, after which participants will browse among the posters. At the end of the poster session, a presider will provide a summary of the set of posters grouped in the session. The interactive poster sessions will run for 90 minutes.

Guidelines for Presiders and Discussants

We have accommodated most sessions with a presider, whose role is detailed below. For sessions without discussants, we are counting on the presider and presenters to set aside time for discussion so that the audience participants can contribute to a lively discussion of the papers.

Presider Roles• Arrive early at designated room and arrange furniture as per desires of presenters.• Check and focus LCD projector.• Check pronunciations of the names of the presenter and their institutions.• With presenters, make a time plan, retaining the order of presenters in the program. • Start session promptly.• Introduce presenters and serve as timekeeper. Alert presenters when they have 5, 3, and 1 minute remaining.• Facilitate discussion, assuring equitable involvement of audience members. Close session on time.

Discussant Roles• Read papers before the session and have remarks prepared ahead of time.• Perform presider duties as detailed above, if there is only a discussant for the session.• After the presentation, make brief and cogent remarks on each paper with suggestions for future research.

Notes on Session TypesRelated Paper Sets and Paper Sets Grouped by Strand Coordinators• Presider and presenters will negotiate the organization of the session before it starts. • Time should be left at the end for discussant comments and/or audience participation.

Symposia Presentations, discussion, and questions are controlled by the presenters, with the assistance of the presider or discussant, if needed.

Interactive Poster SessionsSix to 15 papers are assigned to one room. If there is a presider, s/he introduces and closes the session. Each first author presents a brief (less than 2 minutes) overview of the research. After the overviews, audience members circulate throughout the room to view posters and interact with presenters. The presider should allow time at the end of the session for large group discussion.


General Information Information About NARSTThe National Association for Research in Science Teaching was founded in 1928 for the purpose of promoting research in science educa-tion at all educational levels and disseminating the findings of this research in such ways as to improve science teaching. The Association is incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the State of Minnesota. The official publication is the Journal of Research in Science Teaching.

NARST encourages the conduct and presentation of the results of a wide variety of investigations in all aspects of science education, including action, historical, philosophical, ethnographic, experimental, and evaluative studies. Reports of empirical research, critical reviews, and theoretical works are encouraged. Some research areas of interest to NARST members include curriculum development and organization, assessment and evaluation, learning theory, teacher education, programs for exceptional students (special needs and talents), equity studies, and methods of teaching.

NARST Mission StatementThe National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) is a worldwide organization of professionals committed to the improvement of science teaching and learning through research. Since its inception in 1928, NARST has promoted research in science education and the communication of knowledge generated by the research. The ultimate goal of NARST is to help all learners achieve science literacy. NARST promotes this goal by: 1) encouraging and supporting the application of diverse research methods and theoreti-cal perspectives from multiple disciplines to the investigation of teaching and learning in science; 2) communicating science education research findings to researchers, practitioners, and policy makers; and 3) cooperating with other educational and scientific societies to influence educational policies.

How NARST Keeps Its Members Informed• Ten issues of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST). The Journal has been ranked as one of the highest quality educational

journals according to studies published by War, Holland and Schramm (American Educational Research Journal) and Guba and Clark (Educational Researcher) for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). These authors identified JRST as clearly the top research journal in science education.

• NARST Annual International Conference Proceedings. A proceedings volume is distributed at the annual international conference. This volume includes a compiled list of abstracts (on CD-ROM) for each annual international conference plus copies of accepted papers sub-mitted prior to the conference. Members attending the conference receive a copy on-site and the cost is included in their registration fee.

• E-NARST News describing recent developments in research and in the profession. E-NARST provides opportunities to work with prominent people throughout the world on research projects and with affiliated organizations such as the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), and the American Association for the Advancement of Sci-ence (AAAS). Our newsletter is now published online twice a year and posted to the NARST website.

• Website and Listserv, allowing access to further information about the organization. You may access this site at the following URL http://www.narst.org. There is further information about the Listserv on this site.

Explanation of Program Session FormatsPaper Sessions Organized by the Program CommitteeIn a paper session, the presider introduces the presenters and monitors the time used for each presentation. All papers will be allotted 15 minutes for presentation, followed by approximately 5 minutes of questions or discussion. The presider and audience will use any time remaining in the session for additional discussion, general review, and suggestions for further research. The overall length of the paper sessions may vary based on the number of papers assigned to that session, but each paper within a particular session will observe the 15-minute presentation guideline. For example, four papers grouped together will be given a 90-minute time period, while two papers grouped together will be given a 45-minute time period for the overall session. This will optimize the grouping of papers by allowing strand coordinators to group papers based on similarity rather than forcing the grouping of papers to fit a standard time block. Each presenter is expected to disseminate a paper during or immediately following the session, unless the paper is on the NARST Proceedings 2008 CD, distributed as part of the program.

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SymposiumA symposium involves a panel of experts or stakeholders who examines a specific theme or issue. This format does not involve the pre-sentation of individual papers. Therefore, individual papers and authors will not be listed under this format. Rather, the participants are listed as panel members. The proposer controls presentations, discussion, and questioning with the assistance of the presider or discussant (if designated). Discussion should promote the expression of similar or alternative viewpoints and theoretical positions. The proposer of the symposium is expected to disseminate a paper or a summary with references during or immediately following the session, unless a summary of the symposium is on the NARST Proceedings 2008 CD.

Related Paper SetThis category accommodates, in a single session, three to five related research papers reporting several studies that originate from a com-mon base of research. This format also allows for common elements of design or approach to be presented once rather than repetitively. The proposer and authors may determine the specifics of the session once it is accepted. For instance, those involved may opt for a formal presentation style or they may conduct their session in a more informal, discussion-oriented style. Each presenter is expected to dissemi-nate a paper during or immediately following the session, unless a summary of the related paper set is on the NARST Proceedings 2008 CD.

Interactive Poster Sessions Grouped by Strand CoordinatorsThis format offers presenters the opportunity to display their work graphically in a smaller setting than the traditional poster session format. Displays should fit on the 48”(long) x 36” (high) trifold boards provided and should include a brief abstract in large typescript. Six to 15 posters grouped by strand will be displayed in one room. Each presenter will have 2 minutes to present a brief overview of his or her research. At the conclusion of the brief presentations, audience members will have approximately 30 minutes to circulate throughout the room to view the posters and interact with the presenters. At the conclusion of this time, a large group discussion will be facilitated by the session presider. Each presenter must set up the display prior to the start of the session and then remove it promptly at the end of the session. Each presenter is expected to disseminate a paper during the session, unless a summary of the poster is on the NARST Proceed-ings 2008 CD.


Strand Key

STRAND 1 - Science Learning: Understanding and Conceptual Change

STRAND 2 - Science Learning: Contexts, Characteristics, and Interactions

STRAND 3 - Science Teaching—Primary School (Grades preK-6): Characteristics and Strategies

STRAND 4 - Science Teaching—Middle and High School (Grades 5-12): Characteristics and Strategies

STRAND 5 - College Science Teaching and Learning (Grades 13-20)

STRAND 6 - Science Learning in Informal Contexts

STRAND 7 - Pre-service Science Teacher Education

STRAND 8 - In-service Science Teacher Education

STRAND 9 - Reflective Practice

STRAND 10 - Curriculum, Evaluation, and Assessment

STRAND 11 - Cultural, Social, and Gender Issues

STRAND 12 - Educational Technology

STRAND 13 - History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science

STRAND 14 - Environmental Education

A Special Thanks to our Sponsors and Exhibitors

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We acknowledge John Wiley & Sons and their work as publisher of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching - JRST

NARST Leadership Team 2007-2008Officers and Board of Directors

President Executive Director Research Coordinator Penny J. Gilmer William C. Kyle, Jr. Randy Yerrick

President-Elect Executive Board Members Editors, JRST Charlene M. Czerniak Valarie Akerson J. Randy McGinnis Lynn Bryan Angelo Collins Immediate Past-President Angela Calabrese-Barton Jonathan Osborne Mei-Hung Chiu NSTA Representative Barbara Crawford Jonathan Singer E-NARST News Editor Reinders Duit Barbara Crawford Allan G. Harrison Randy Yerrick Dana Zeidler Carla Zembal-Saul

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New Editor-in-Chief for Research in Science EducationWe are pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen M. Ritchie, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, has started as the new Editor-in-Chief of Research in Science Education as of January 1, 2008.

A thank you to Professor Cam McRobbieWe would like to take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to Prof. Cam McRobbie, Editor-in-Chief for the journal in 1978 (together with Colin Power) and from 1995 to 2007.

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2009 NARST Annual International ConferenceGarden Grove - (Adjacent to Anaheim, CA, USA)

The Program Chair invites NARST members and others to plan to participate in the 2009 NARST Annual International Conference and especially urges all members to start planning program proposals now during this year’s conference.

VENUE: Hyatt Regency Orange County, 11999 Harbour Blvd., Garden Grove, CA, USA.DATES: Thursday, April 17 – Wednesday, April 21, 2009

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: The Program Chair or designate must receive your program proposals for the Annual International Confer-ence in 2009 by August 15, 2008 to be reviewed. The deadline allows sufficient time for processing and evaluating the many proposals. The original call for proposals will appear on the NARST website in June 2008.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Welcome to the City of Garden Grove. Garden Grove is a vibrantly progressive and growing city located just south of Los Angeles in Orange County, California. City motto, “The City of Youth and Ambition,” accurately reflects this culturally diverse community of over 170,000 people. Garden Grove is home to four annual cultural festivals that celebrate the Vietnam-ese, Korean, Arabic, and American heritage. Garden Grove’s Strawberry Festival, nearing 50 years old, is the largest community-based Memorial Day event in the western United States.

Garden Grove is conveniently located less than one mile from Disneyland, seven miles from Knott’s Berry Farm, nine miles from local beaches, and 10 miles from John Wayne Airport.

Future Meeting Dates for NARST, NSTA, and AERA

2009 NSTA Indianapolis April 2 – 5 AERA San Diego April 13 – 17 NARST Garden Grove April 17 – 21 Hyatt Regency Orange County

2010 NSTA Philadelphia March 17 – 20 AERA Denver April 30 – May 4 NARST Philadelphia March 21 – 24

2011 NSTA San Francisco April 7 – 10 AERA New Orleans April 8 – 12 NARST Orlando TBD

2012 NSTA TBD AERA Vancouver April 13 – 17 NARST Seattle/Vancouver TBD


2007 Strand Coordinators

STRAND 1 Science Learning, Understanding, and Conceptual Change Eva Toth, Catherine Milne STRAND 2 Science Learning: Contexts, Characteristics, and Interactions Tracy Hogan, Wesley Pitts STRAND 3 Science Teaching –Primary School (Grades preK-6) Mark Guy, Jan H. van Driel

STRAND 4 Science Teaching –Secondary School (Grades 5-12) Jo Anne Ollerenshaw, Lisa Martin-Hansen

STRAND 5 College Science Teaching (Grades 13-20) Peter Garik, Kate Popejoy

STRAND 6 Science Learning in Informal Contexts Shawn Rowe, Tali Tal

STRAND 7 Pre-service Science Teacher Education Rola Khishfe, Christina Schwarz

STRAND 8 In-Service Science Teacher Education Patricia Morrell, Martina Nieswandt STRAND 9 Reflective Practice Tamara Nelson, Jerine Pegg STRAND 10 Curriculum, Evaluation, and Assessment Kimberly Tanner, Bruce Waldrip

STRAND 11 Cultural, Social, and Gender Issues Felicia Moore, Magnia A. George

STRAND 12 Educational Technology Barbara Hug, Hsin-Kai Wu STRAND 13 History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science Mike Smith, Larry Scharmann, Agust’n Adúriz-Bravo

STRAND 14 Environmental Education Julia Lambert, Rita Anne Hagevik, Eleanor Abrams


Program Proposal ReviewersAbd-El-Khalick, FouadAbdo, ShehadehAbi-El-Mona, IssamAbraham-Silver, LindaAbrams, EleanorAdadan, EmineAdams, AprilAdams, JenniferAjeyalemi, DuroAkarsu, BayramAkerson, ValarieAktan, Mustafa B.Allen, GerrardAllspaw, KathleenAmiri, LeilaAmirshokoohi, AidinAndersen, ChristopherAnderson, Andy (Charles)Anderson, DavidAnderson, JaniceAndre, ThomasAnnetta, LenAsghar, AnilaAshmann, ScottAtar, HakanAtken, MustafaAtwater, MaryAtwood, RonAugustin, Line A.Austin, BarbaraAyala, CarlosAydeniz, MeymetBaldwin, BrianBalgopal, MeenaBalinsky, MartinBanerjee, AnilBantwini, BonganiBarak, MiriBardapurkar, AbhijeetBarker, DanielleBarnes, MarianneBarrett, Sarah ElizabethBarron, BrianaBarthel, CelesteBathini, MadhusreeBayne, GillianBeeton, ReneBell, GlendaBell, PhilipBencze, John LawrenceBerg, CherylBhattacharyya, SumitaBianchini, JulieBinns, Ian C.Black, Alice A. (Jill)Black, KathieBlakely, Alan

Blanchard, MegBledsoe, KarenBlickenstaff, JacobBlickenstaff, JasonBlonder, RonBobrowsky, WilliamBodner, GeorgeBoone, BillBora, Nihal DoganBottoms, SuAnnBoujaoude, SaoumaBowen, G. MichaelBoxerman, JonathanBoyer, LisBrandt, CarolBricker, Leah A.Britner, Shari L.Brooks, Lisa A.Brownstein M. EricaBrunvand, SteinBryan, LynnBuck, GayleBuckley, Barbara C.Bulte, A.M.W.Butler, MalcolmButler, WilbertByoung-Sug, KimCabot, NickCahill, ClaraCain, StephenCakir, MustafaCallahan, BrendanCantrell, PamelaCapobianco, BrendaCarlone, HeidiCarrier, SarahCarroll, JamesCarter, LynCartier, JenniferCarver, JeffreyCatley, KefynCatlin, JanellCavallo, AnnCentury, JeanneChang, Chun-YenChang, Wen-HuaChapman, StevenChekuri , Nageswar RaoChen, Hui-JungChen, I-shinCheng, MayCheong, IreneCheong, Irene Poh-AiCheyne, MicheleChinn, PaulineChiu, Mei-HungCho, Jung-Il

Choi, AeranChoi, Sung-YounChristensen, AliciaChu, Hye-EunClary, ReneeCleveland, TanyaCoffey, JanetColley, KabbaCone, NeporchaConner, LindseyCook, MichelleCooper, JamesCopeland, LieselCourson, SueCovitt, BethCowie, BronwenCox-Peterson, AmyCraven, JonCrawford, BarbaraCrawley, FrankCrippen, KentCrooks, KathyDagher, ZoubeidaDana, TomDani, DanielleDarmulo, Yasin DilseboDavis, BetsyDavis, Elizabeth A.Davis, KathleenDavis, NancyDeCoito, IshaDelgado, CesarDemir, Kadir A.den Brok, PerryDeneroff, VictoriaDeniz, HasanDershimer, CharlesDesouza, ShireenDeWitt, JenniferDiana, Thomas J.DiBiase, WarrenDidis, NiluferDierking, LynnDillon, JustinDimeo-Ediger, NorieDogan, NihalDokter, ErinDolan, ErinDomin, DanielDonaldson, NancyDonna, JoelDonnelly, JessicaDonnelly, LisaDotger, SharonDoyle, ConnieDreon Jr., OliverDuncan, Ravit Golan

Duschl, RichardEastwood, Jennifer LynneEbenezer, JazlinEibensteiner, JaniceEichinger, DavidElliott, MarcellaElster, DorisEmig, BrandonEnderle, PatrickEnfield, MarkEnger, SandraEnochs, LarryEpps, VirginiaErduran, SibelEspinoza, FernandoEvagorou, MariaFalk, JohnFarland, DonnaFeldman, AllanFetters, MarciaFewell, MarthaFidler ChuckFigueroa, FernandoFisher, Kathleen M.Fleming, MichelleFletcher, SteveFlick, LarryFluet, KimberleyFlynn, LeslieFogleman, JayFoley, BrianFoley, Kathleen R.Forawi, SufianForbes, CoryFord, Danielle J.Ford, MichaelForrester, JenniferFortney, BrianFowler, SamanthaFraser, BarryFrazier, WendyFreking, Frederick W.French, AprilFrerichs, SaundraFretz, EricGalosy, JodieGarik, PeterGatling Pfitzner, AnneGay, AndreaGeer, UricGehrke, CoralGeorge, MagniaGilbert, John K.Gilchrist, PamelaGilmer, PennyGiombetti, CassondraGlass, Merton

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Golden, BarryGonzalez, ElizabethGotwals, AmeliaGrady, R. JulieGreen, AndreGreenspan, YvetteGrillo-Hill, AndrewGrimberg, IreneGrosshandler, DeanGroves, FredGrueber, DavidGuderian, PascalGuilbert, AnnGummer, EdithGunckel, KristinGupta, AyushGustafson, BrendaGuven, DevrimGwekwerere, YovitaHaefner, Leigh AnnHagevik, Rita AnneHagiwara, SumiHalai, NeloferHan, JaeYoungHanda, VicenteHanegan, Nikki L.Hanson, DeborahHanuscin, DeborahHarlow, Danielle B.Harrington, Maria C.R.Harris, ChristopherHarris, Diane PatriciaHarris, Tina AnnHarrison, AllanHaynie, Kathleen C.Hebert, TerriHeitzman, MaryHermann, RonaldHerron, SherryHewson, P WHimangshu, SumitraHitt, AustinHogan, TracyHopson, RodneyHoward, CourtneyHowes, ElaineHsu, EricHsu, Pei-LingHuang, Chao-MingHuang, Chun-ChiehHuang, Hui-JuHuang, WanchuHuffman, DougHug, BarbaraHumphrey Jr., RobertHutchins, KristenHutchinson, CharlesIbrahim-Didi, KhadeejaIdros, SharifahIrving, Karen

Jackson, Debbie K.James, Mark C.Jarrett , OlgaJayme, BrunoJeanpierre, BobbyJen, AndrewJensen, Betty K.Jerine, PeggJesunathadas, JosephJohnnson, BruceJohnson, AngelaJohnson, Carla CJohnson, DeborahJohnson, DianeJohnson, HeatherJohnson, VernedaJohnston, AdamJones, AlisterJones, GailJones, LeslieJung, MauraKahveci, AjdaKahveci, MuratKamen, MichaelKang, AllisonKarrow, DougKasper, LutzKatz, PhyllisKazempour, MahsaKeen-Rocha, LindaKeiler, LeslieKelley, SybilKelly, Angela M.Kelly, GregoryKenyon, LisaKern, AnneKetelhut, Diane JassKhalid, TahsinKhishfe, RolaKijkuakul, SirinapaKim, Byoung-SugKing, MelissaKisiel, JamesKits, Kara MichelleKleine, KarynneKlosterman, MichelleKo, EunkyungKoch, JaniceKoehle, Catherine M.Korpan, ConnieKozoll, RichardKraus, RudolfKreamer, SherryKuech, RobertKuerbis, PaulKuhn, LeemaKyza, Eleni A.Ladewski, BarbaraLambert, JulieLarson, Jane

Lastica, Joelle R.Lederman, JudithLederman, NormanLee, CherinLee, Eun AhLee, EunmiLee, VictorLehrer, JaneLemberg, JohnLeonhardt, NinaLevitt, KarenLewis, AnnaLin, Shu-ShengLindgren, JoanLiu, Chia-JuLiu, Chin-TangLivingstone, PhaedraLockman, AlisonLorsbach, TonyLosh, SusanLouca, LoucasLouisell, RobertLudvico, LisaLuft, JulieLujan, VanessaLundy, AnitaLynch, SharonMaerten-Rivera, JaimeMaKinster, JimMalone, KathyMamlok-Naaman, RachelManner, BarbaraManoli, ConstantinosMarbach-Ad, GiliMarshall, JeffMartell, SandraMartin, LisaMartin, SonyaMartini, MarianaMaskiewiscz, AprilMatthews, MichaelMaurer, MatthewMawyer, KirstenMayer-Smith, JolieMcCallie, EllenMcClafferty, TerryMcCollough, Cherie A.McComas, BillMcConnell, Tom J.McDonald, ChristineMcDonald, JimMcDonald, ScottMcDonald, StephenMcGraw, JasonMcKinley, LizMcNall, RebeccaMcNeill, KatherineMegowan-Romanowicz, ColleenMeichtry, YvonneMelber, Leah

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1955 Kenneth E. Anderson1956 W. C. Van Deventer1957 Waldo W. Blanchet1958 Nathan S. Washton1959 Thomas P. Fraser1960 Vaden W. Miles1961 Clarence H. Boeck1962 Herbert A. Smith1963 Ellsworth S. Obourn1964 Cyrus W. Barnes1965 Frederic B. Dutton 1966 Milton P. Pella1967 H. Craig Sipe1968 John M. Mason1969 Joseph D. Novak1970 Willard D. Jacobson1971 Paul D. Hurd1972 Frank X. Sutman1973 J. David Lockard1974 Wayne W. Welch1975 Robert E. Yager1976 Ronald D. Anderson1977 O. Roger Anderson1978 Roger G. Olstad1979 James R. Okey1980 John W. Renner1981 Stanley L. Helgeson

1982 Stanley L. Helgeson1983 Carl F. Berger1984 Ann C. Howe1985 Ertle Thompson1986 David P. Butts1987 James P. Barufaldi1988 Linda DeTure1989 Patricia Blosser1990 William G. Holliday1991 Jane Butler Kahle1992 Russell H. Yeany1993 Emmett L. Wright1994 Kenneth G. Tobin1995 Dorothy L. Gabel1996 Barry J. Fraser1997 Thomas R. Koballa, Jr.1998 Audrey B. Champagne1999 Joseph S. Krajcik2000 David F. Treagust2001 Sandra K. Abell2002 Norman G. Lederman2003 Cheryl L. Mason2004 Andy (Charles) Anderson2005 John R. Staver2006 James Shymansky2007 Jonathan Osborne2008 Penny J. Gilmer

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NARST Presidents

NARST Emeritus Members


NARST Executive Directors(NARST created the position of Executive Secretary in 1975; the title was changed to Executive Director in 2003)

Paul Joslin 1975 – 1980Bill Holliday 1980 – 1985Glenn Markle 1985 – 1990

John Staver 1990 – 1995Art White 1995 – 2000David Haury 2000 – 2002

John Tillotson 2002 – 2007Bill Kyle 2007 – 2012

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NARST Award WinnersDistinguished Contributions to Science Education Through Research

This award is presented at the Annual International Conference but is bestowed only when a superior candidate is identified. It is given to recog-nize an individual who, through research over an extended period of time, has made outstanding and continuing contributions, provided notable leadership, and made a substantial impact in the area of science education.

Year Awardee Year Awardee1986 Anton E. Lawson 1997 Rosalind Driver1987 Paul DeHart Hurd 1998 James J. Gallagher1988 John W. Renner 1999 Peter J. Fensham1989 Willard Jacobson 2000 Jane Butler Kahle1990 Joseph D. Novak 2001 John K. Gilbert1991 Robert L. Shrigley 2002 Audrey B. Champagne1992 Pinchas Tamir 2003 Barry J. Fraser1993 Jack Easley, Jr. 2004 Robert E. Yager1994 Marcia C. Linn Paul Black1995 Wayne W. Welch 2005 John C. Clement1996 Carl F. Berger 2006 David Treagust

JRST AwardThe JRST Award is given annually to the article published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching that is judged to be the most significant for that year.

Year Awardee Year Awardee1974 Donald E. Riechard and 1991 E. P. Hart and Robert C. Olson I. M. Robottom1975 Mary Budd Rowe 1992 John R. Baird,1976 Marcia C. Linn and Peter J. Fensham, Herbert C. Thier Richard E. Gunstone, and1977 Anton E. Lawson and Richard T. White Warren T. Wollman 1993 Nancy R. Romance and1978 Dorothy L. Gabel and Michael R. Vitale J. Dudley Herron 1994 E. David Wong1979 Janice K. Johnson and 1995 Stephen P. Norris and Ann C. Howe Linda M. Phillips1980 John R. Staver and 1996 David F. Jackson, Dorothy L. Gabel Elizabeth C. Doster,(tie) Linda R. DeTure Lee Meadows, and 1981 William C. Kyle, Jr. Teresa Wood1982 Robert G. Good and 1997 C.W.J.M. Klassen and Harold J. Fletcher P.L. Linjse(tie) F. David Boulanger 1998 Julie Bianchini1983 Jack A. Easley, Jr. 1999 Phillip M. Sadler1984 Marcia C. Linn, 2000 Allan G. Harrison, Cathy Clement and Diane J. Grayson, and Stephen Pulos David F. Treagust1985 Julie P. Sanford 2001 Fouad Abd-El-Khalick 1986 Anton E. Lawson Norman G. Lederman1987 Russell H. Yeany, 2002 Andrew Gibert and Kueh Chin Yap, and Randy Yerrick Michael J. Padilla 2003 Sofia Kesidou and1988 Kenneth G. Tobin and Jo Ellen Roseman James J. Gallagher 2004 Jonathan Osborne,1988 (tie)Robert D. Sherwood, Sue Collins, Charles K. Kinzer, Mary Ratcliffe, John D. Bransford and Robin Millar and Jeffrey J. Franks Rick Duschl Anton E. Lawson 2005 Jonathan Osborne1989 Glen S. Aikenhead Sibel Erduran1990 Richard A. Duschl and Shirley Simon Emmett L. Wright 2006 Troy D. Sadler Dana L. Zeidler

Year Awardee2007 Jerome Pine Pamela Aschbacher Ellen Roth Melanie Jones Cameron McPhee Catherine Martin Scott Phelps Tara Kyle and Brian Foley

Year Awardee2007 Kenneth Tobin


Outstanding Paper Award

The Outstanding Paper Award is given annually for the paper or research report presented at the Annual International Conference that is judged to have the greatest significance and potential in the field of science education.

Year Awardee Year Awardee1975 John J. Koran 1991 Nancy R. Romance and1976 Anton E. Lawson Michael Vitale1977 no award 1992 Patricia Heller1978 Rita Peterson Ronald Keith and1979 Linda R. DeTure Scott Anderson1980 M. James Kozlow and 1993 Wolff-Michael Roth Arthur L. White 1994 Wolff-Michael Roth and1981 William Capie, Michael Bowen Kenneth G. Tobin, and 1995 Wolff-Michael Roth Margaret Boswell 1996 Nancy J. Allen1982 F. Gerald Dillashaw and 1997 no award James R. Okey 1998 Wolff-Michael Roth,1983 William C. Kyle, Jr., Reinders Duit, James A. Shymansky, and Michael Komorek, and Jennifer Alport Jens Wilbers1984 Darrell L. Fisher and 1999 Lynn A. Bryan Barry J. Fraser 2000 Joseph L. Hoffman and1985 Hanna J. Arzi, Joseph S. Krajcik Ruth Ben-Zvi, and 2001 Allan G. Harrison Uri Ganiel 2002 Carolyn Wallace Keys(tie) Russell H. Yeany, Eun-Mi Yang Kueh Chin Yap, and Brian Hand and Michael J. Padilla Liesl Hohenshell1986 Barry J. Fraser, 2003 Wolff-Michael Roth Herbert J. Walberg, and 2004 Joanne K. Olson Wayne W. Welch (tie) Sharon J. Lynch,1987 Robert D. Sherwood Joel Kuipers,1988 Barry J. Fraser and Curtis Pyke and Kenneth G. Tobin Michael Szesze1989 James J. Gallagher and 2005 Chi Yan Sui, Armando Contreras David Treagust and1990 Patricia L. Hauslein, Michael Szesze Ronald G. Good, and 2006 Leema Kuhn and Catherine Cummins Brian Reiser

Year Awardee2007 Eugene L. Chiappetta Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh Young H. Lee and Marianne C. Phillips


Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

This award was established in 1992 to be given annually for the Doctoral Dissertation judged to have the greatest significance in the field of science education.

Year Awardee Major Professor1992 René Stofflett Dale R. Baker1993 Julie Gess-Newsome Norman G. Lederman1994 Carolyn W. Keys Burton E. Voss1995 Jerome M. Shaw Edward Haertel1996 Christine M. Cunningham William L. Carlsen1997 Jane O. Larson Ronald D. Anderson1998 Kathleen Hogan Bonnie K. Nastasi1999 Fouad Abd-El-Khalick Norman G. Lederman2000 Danielle Joan Ford Annemarie S. Palinscar2001 Iris Tabak Brian Reiser2002 Mark Girod David Wong2003 Hsin-Kai Wu Joseph Krajcik2004 David L. Fortus Ronald Marx and Joseph Krajcik2005 Thomas Tretter Gail M. Jones2006 Stacy Olitsky Kenneth Tobin2007 Julia Plummer Joseph S. Krajcik

Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award

This award was established in 1995 to be given annually for the Master’s Thesis judged to have the greatest significance in the field of sci-ence education. It was last awarded in 2002.

Year Awardee Major Professor1995 Moreen K. Travis Carol L. Stuessy1996 Lawrence T. Escalada Dean A. Zollman1997 C. Theresa Forsythe Jeffrey W. Bloom1998 Reneé D. Boyce Glenn Clark1999 Andrew B. T. Gilbert Randy K. Yerrick2000 Rola Fouad Khishfe Fouad Abd-El-Khalick2002 Laura Elizabeth Slocum Marcy Hamby Towns

Early Career Research Award

The Early Career Research Award is given annually to the early researcher who demonstrates the greatest potential to make outstanding and continuing contributions to educational research. The recipient will have received his/her Doctoral degree within five years of receiv-ing the award.

Year Awardee Year Awardee1993 Wolff-Michael Roth 2000 Angela Calabrese Barton1994 Deborah J. Tippins 2001 Julie A. Bianchini1995 Nancy B. Songer 2002 Alan G. Harrison1996 Mary B. Nakhleh 2003 Fouad Abd-El-Khalick1997 Peter C. Taylor 2004 Grady J. Venville1998 J. Randy McGinnis 2005 Randy L. Bell1999 Craig W. Bowen 2006 Heidi Carlone Gregory J. Kelly 2007 Bryan A. Brown


Classroom Applications Award

The Classroom Applications Award was established in 1979. The award was given annually to authors whose papers were presented at the previous Annual Meeting and judged to be outstanding in terms of emphasizing classroom application of research in science education. The award was last presented in 1991.

Year Awardee(s)1980 Livingston S. Schneider and John W. Renner(Five Equal Awards) Heidi Kass and Allan Griffiths Ramona Saunders and Russell H. Yeany Joe Long, James R. Okey, and Russell H. Yeany M. James Kozlow and Arthur L. White

1981 Dorothy L. Gabel, Robert D. Sherwood, and Larry G. Enochs(Four Equal Awards) Wayne Welch, Ronald D. Anderson, and Harold Pratt Mary Ellen Quinn and Carolyn Kessler P. Ann Miller and Russell H. Yeany

1982 Louise L. Gann and Seymour Fowler(Four Equal Awards) Dorothy L. Gabel and Robert D. Sherwood Thomas L. Russell Joseph C. Cotham

1983 Robert D. Sherwood, Larry G. Enochs, and Dorothy L. Gabel

1984 Mary Westerback, Clemencia Gonzales, and Louis H. Primavera(Four Equal Awards) Kenneth G. Tobin Hanna J. Arzi, Ruth Ben-Zvi, and Uri Ganiel Charles Porter and Russell H. Yeany

1985 Dan L. McKenzie and Michael J. Padilla(Three Equal Awards) Margaret Walkosz and Russell H. Yeany Kevin C. Wise and James R. Okey

1986 Sarath Chandran, David F. Treagust, and Kenneth G. Tobin(Four Equal Awards) Darrell L. Fisher and Barry J. Fraser Dorothy L. Gabel, Stanley L. Helgeson, Joseph D. Novak, John Butzow, and V. K. Samuel Linda Cronin, Meghan Tweist, and Michael J. Padilla

1987 Dorothy L. Gabel, V. K. Samuel, Stanley L. Helgeson, Saundra McGuire, Joseph D. Novak, and John Butzow

1988 Uri Zoller and Benn Chaim

1989 James D. Ellis and Paul J. Kuerbis

1990 Dale R. Baker, Michael D. Piburn, and Dale S. Niederhauser

1991 David F. Jackson, Billie Jean Edwards, and Carl F. Berger


NARST Leadership Team & Committees2007-2008

Support TeamExecutive Director Bill Kyle [email protected] Office Staff Robin Turner [email protected] Heather Hassell [email protected] Co-Editors J. Randy McGinnis [email protected] Angelo Collins [email protected] News Editor Barbara Crawford [email protected]

OfficersPresident Penny J. Gilmer [email protected] Charlene M. Czerniak [email protected] Past President Jonathan Osborne [email protected]

Executive Board(08) Angela Calabrese-Barton [email protected](08) Barbara Crawford [email protected](08) Allan Harrison [email protected](09) Lynn Bryan [email protected](09) Randy Yerrick [email protected](09) Dana Zeidler [email protected](10) Valarie Akerson [email protected](10) Reinders Duit [email protected](10) Carla Zembal-Saul [email protected](10) Mei-Hung Chiu (International Coordinator) [email protected]

AWARDS COMMITTEEChair(09) Dana Zeidler [email protected]

MembersNARST Outstanding Paper Award Co-Chairs(08) Jon E. Pedersen [email protected](10) Anil Banerjee [email protected]

Outstanding Doctoral Research Award Co-Chairs (08) Danielle Ford [email protected](10) Deborah Tippins [email protected]

JRST Award Selection Committee Co-Chairs (08) Meta Van Sickle [email protected](09) Hsiao-Ching She [email protected]

Early Career Research Award Co-Chairs(08) Norman Lederman [email protected](09) Larry Flick [email protected]

Distinguished Contributions in Research Award Committee Co-Chairs(09) David Treagust [email protected](10) Kenneth Tobin [email protected]


NARST OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEECo-Chairs (08) Jon E. Pedersen [email protected](10) Anil C Banerjee [email protected]

Members(08) Elaine Howes [email protected](08) Liesl Hohenshell [email protected](08) Linda Plevyak [email protected](08) William Newman [email protected](08) Tracy Huziak [email protected](08) David Rudge [email protected](09) Greg Rushton [email protected] (09) Orvil White [email protected](09) Nader Wahbeh [email protected](09) Nam Hwa Kang [email protected](09) Judy Lederman [email protected](09) Jennifer Adams [email protected](10) Jacob Blickenstaff [email protected](10) Ann Cavallo [email protected](10) Brian Gerber [email protected](10) Douglas Huffman [email protected](10) Shirley Gholston Key [email protected](10) Sonya Martin [email protected] (10) Julie A. Thomas [email protected]

Ex-OfficioPresident: Penny J. Gilmer [email protected] Director: Bill Kyle [email protected] Committee Chair: Dana Zeidler [email protected]

OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE Co-Chairs (09) Danielle Ford [email protected](10) Deborah Tippins [email protected]

Members(08) Shari Britner [email protected](08) Judith Morrison [email protected](08) Glenda Prime [email protected](08) Rose Pringle [email protected](08) Tom Tretter [email protected](08) Mark J. Volkmann [email protected](09) Michael E. Beeth [email protected](09) Sharon Dotger [email protected](09) Mike Rivas [email protected](10) Mehmet Aydeniz [email protected](10) Alejandro Gallard [email protected](10) Julie Kittleson [email protected](10) Julia Plummer [email protected](10) Edward Robeck [email protected]



JRST AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEECo-Chairs (08) Meta Van Sickle [email protected](09) Hsiao-Ching She [email protected]

Members(08) Judith Bazler [email protected](08) Susan Butler [email protected](08) Eugenia Etkina [email protected](08) Barbara Hugh [email protected](08) Rola Khishfe [email protected](08) Cynthia Passmore [email protected](08) Lynn Tran [email protected](09) Jennifer L. Cartier [email protected](09) Carol Johnston [email protected](09) Scott McDonald [email protected](09) Erminia Pedretti [email protected](09) Meredith Park Rogers [email protected](09) Rebecca Schneider [email protected](09) Shirley Simon [email protected](09) William Veal [email protected](09) Claudia Von Aufschnaiter [email protected](10) Gayle Buck [email protected](10) Nate Carnes [email protected](10) Hasan Deniz [email protected](10) Lisa Donnelly [email protected] (10) Deborah L. Hanson [email protected](10) Douglas Huffman [email protected](10) Xiufeng Liu [email protected](10) Gail Richmond [email protected]


EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEECo-Chairs(09) Norm Lederman [email protected](08) Larry Flick [email protected]

Members(08) Lloyd Barrow [email protected](08) Greg Kelly [email protected](08) Hsiao-Lin Tuan [email protected](09) Anita Roychoudhury [email protected](09) Heidi Carlone [email protected](09) Bill Harwood [email protected](10) Per-Olof Wickman [email protected](10) Hans Fischer [email protected](10) Ed Marek [email protected]



DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESEARCH AWARD COMMITTEE Co-Chairs(09) David Treagust [email protected](10) Kenneth Tobin [email protected]

Members (08) Tony Lawson [email protected](08) Robert Yager [email protected](09) Stephen Norris [email protected](09) Reinders Duit [email protected](10) Julie Bianchini [email protected]


EQUITY AND ETHICS COMMITTEECo-Chairs(08) Angela Calabrese-Barton [email protected](10) Valarie Akerson [email protected]

Members(08) Scott Dantley [email protected](08) Joan Lindgren [email protected](08) Bryan Brown [email protected](09) Heidi Carlone [email protected](09) Maria Rivera [email protected](09) Claudia Melear [email protected](10) Felicia Moore [email protected](10) Lisa Martin-Hansen [email protected](10) Jrene Rahm [email protected]

Ex-OfficioPresident: Penny J. Gilmer [email protected] Director: Bill Kyle [email protected]

EXTERNAL POLICY AND RELATIONS COMMITTEEChair(09) Lynn Bryan [email protected]

Members(08) Glen Markle [email protected](08) John Penick [email protected](09) Janet Carlsen-Powell [email protected](09) Julie Luft [email protected](10) Eileen Parsons [email protected](10) Carla C. Johnson [email protected]



INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEEChair - International Coordinator(10) Mei-Hung Chiu (International Coordinator) [email protected]

Members(08) Bruce Waldrip [email protected](08) Olugbemiro Jegede [email protected](08) Maria Pilar Jiminez [email protected](08) Rachel Mamlok-Naaman [email protected](09) Kadir Demir [email protected](09) Eduardo Mortimer [email protected](10) Sibel Erduran [email protected](10) Barbara G. Ladewski [email protected](10) Uri Zoller [email protected]


MEMBERSHIP AND ELECTION COMMITTEECo-Chairs(08) Allan Harrison [email protected](10) Reinders Duit [email protected]

Members(08) Leah Melber [email protected](08) Brian Fortney [email protected](08) Joe Riley [email protected](09) Joe Krajcik [email protected](09) Laura Henriques [email protected](09) Catherine Koehler [email protected](10) Mary Atwater [email protected](10) Julia (Julie) Grady [email protected](10) James Tarleton McDonald III [email protected]

Ex-OfficioImmediate Past-President: Jonathan Osborne [email protected] Director: Bill Kyle [email protected]

PROGRAM COMMITTTEECo-ChairsPenny J. Gilmer, President [email protected] Czerniak, President-elect [email protected]

Members(08) Eva Toth Strand 1 [email protected](09) Catherine Milne Strand 1 [email protected](08) Tracy Hogan Strand 2 [email protected](09) Wesley Pitts Strand 2 [email protected](08) Mark Guy Strand 3 [email protected](09) Jan H. van Driel Strand 3 [email protected](08) Jo Anne Ollerenshaw Strand 4 [email protected](09) Lisa Martin-Hansen Strand 4 [email protected](08) Peter Garik Strand 5 [email protected](09) Kate Popejoy Strand 5 [email protected]


(08) Shawn Rowe Strand 6 [email protected](09) Tali Tal Strand 6 [email protected](08) Rola Khishfe Strand 7 [email protected](09) Christina Schwarz Strand 7 [email protected](08) Patricia Morrell Strand 8 [email protected](09) Martina Nieswandt Strand 8 [email protected](08) Tamara Nelson Strand 9 [email protected](09) Jerine Pegg Strand 9 [email protected](08) Kimberly Tanner Strand 10 [email protected](09) Bruce Waldrip Strand 10 [email protected](08) Felicia Moore Strand 11 [email protected](09) Magnia A. George Strand 11 [email protected](08) Barbara Hug Strand 12 [email protected](09) Hsin-Kai Wu Strand 12 [email protected](08) Mike Smith Strand 13 [email protected](08) Larry Scharmann Strand 13 [email protected](09) Agust’n Adúriz-Bravo Strand 13 [email protected](08) Julia Lambert Strand 14 [email protected](09) Rita Anne Hagevik Strand 14 [email protected](09) Eleanor Abrams Strand 14 [email protected]

Ex-officioExecutive Director: Bill Kyle [email protected]

PUBLICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEECo-Chairs(08) Barbara Crawford [email protected](10) Carla Zembal-Saul [email protected]

Members(08) Bill McComas [email protected](09) Hedy Moscovici [email protected](10) Reneé Schwartz [email protected]. Randy McGinnis (JRST Co-Ed) [email protected] Collins (JRST Co-Ed) [email protected]

Ex-OfficioPresident: Penny J. Gilmer [email protected] Director: Bill Kyle [email protected] Research Director: Jonathan Singer [email protected]

RESEARCH COMMITTEEChair(09) Randy Yerrick [email protected]

Members(08) Nikki Hanegan [email protected](08) Mike Vitale [email protected](09) Martina Nieswandt [email protected](09) Troy Sadler [email protected](10) Julia V. Clark [email protected](10) Anita Roychoudhury [email protected]



NSTA Research Director: Jonathan Singer [email protected]

HISTORY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION COMMITTEE (Ad hoc)Chair(08) Fouad Abd-El-Khalick [email protected]

Members(08) Angelo Collins [email protected](08) Ann Howe [email protected](08) Glen Aikenhead [email protected](08) John Rudolph [email protected](08) Norman Lederman [email protected](08) Ronald Anderson [email protected](08) Sandra Abell [email protected](08) Saouma BouJaoude [email protected](08) Steve Oliver [email protected](08) William Holliday [email protected]


Schedule at a GlanceSaturday, March 299:00 AM – 5:00 PM NARST Executive Board Meeting #1

Sunday, March 30 8:00 – 12 noon NARST Executive Board Meeting #28:00 – 11:30 AM Two of the three Pre-Conference Workshops 8:00 – 2 PM One of the three Pre-conference Workshops 10:00 – 10:15 AM Break Concurrent Sessions12:30 –2:00 PM Session #1 2:00 – 2:30 PM Break2:30 –4:00 PM Session #2 4:15 –5:45 PM Session #36:00-7:00 PM Mentor-Mentee Nexus7:00 – 9:00 PM Presidential/Welcome Reception

Monday, March 31 7:00 - 8:15 AM Committee Meetings8:30 – 9:45 AM Plenary #1: Marcia Linn9:45 –10:15 AM Break10:15 – 6:15 PM Concurrent Sessions 10:15 – 11:45 AM Session #4 –Poster time for all posters12:00 – 12:45 PM NARST Business Meeting (box lunches provided for attendees who have signed up)1:00 – 2:30 PM Session #52:30 – 3:00 PM Break3:00 – 4:30 PM Session #64:45 – 6:15 PM Session #76:30 – 7:30 PM Graduate Student Forum6:30 – 8:30 PM JRST Editorial Board Meeting/Dinner (Meeting open/Dinner by invitation only)

Tuesday, April 1 7:00 – 8:15 AM Committee Meetings8:30 –10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions8:30 – 10:00 AM Session #810:00 – 10:30 AM Break10:30 – 11:45 AM Plenary #2: Peter Fensham12:00 – 1:45 PM Awards Luncheon2:00 – 5:30 PM Concurrent Sessions2:00 – 3:30 PM Session #93:30 – 4:00 PM Break4:00 – 5:30 PM Session #105:00 – 6:00 PM Research in Science Education (RISE) Editorial Board Meeting5:45 – 6:45 PM New Researcher and Junior Faculty Early Career Discussion7:00 –9:00 PM Equity Dinner off site6:30 – 9:00 PM Routledge/Taylor and Francis Reception (by invitation only)8:00 – 10:00 PM Social – FARSE

Wednesday, April 27:00 – 8:15 AM Strand Meetings8:30 – 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions8:30 – 10:00 AM Session #1110:00 – 10:30 AM Break10:30 – 12:00 PM Session #1212:30 – 4:00 PM NARST Executive Board Meeting #3


Sunday, March 30


NARST Board of Directors Meeting 2 8:00AM – 12:00PM

Room: Essex A & BNote. Breakfast begins at 7:30am for Board Members.

Pre-Conference Workshops8:00AM – 11:30AM Equity and Ethics Committee Sponsored Pre-Conference Workshop: Building a Community of Scholars in NARST: Gaining Strength through Diversity—Equity and Ethics Committee SponsoredRoom: Dover B

Presider: Maria Rivera Maulucci

Presenters: Felicia MooreAlejandro Gallard

Facilitators:Bryan BrownBhaskar UpadhyayShawn HolmesSanghee ChoiLine AugustinHsiao-Lin TuanJing-Wen LinAlberto Rodriguez

8:00AM – 11:30PM Research Committee Sponsored Pre-Conference Workshop: Research Agenda in Science Education: An Examination of Three Domains of Inquiry—Research Committee SponsoredRoom: Dover A

Presider: Patricia Simmons

Vincent LunettaJohn Penick

8:00AM – 2:00PM Research Committee Sponsored Pre-Conference Workshop: Using Video Cases to Support and Study Preservice Teacher Learning: Two ApproachesRoom: Dover C

Presider: Kathleen Roth, David Hammer

Catherine ChenKaren GivvinLeslie AtkinsKathleen SchwilleJanet CoffeyDaniel Levin

AM Break10:00AM – 10:15AMSession 112:30PM – 2:00PM

Equity and Ethics Committee Sponsored Workshop: How Identity and Cultural Frameworks Shape Access to and Ap-propriation of Science LiteracyRoom: Dover A

Presider: Bryan Anthony Brown

Bryan Anthony BrownShawn Y. HolmesSanghee ChoiCrystal S. GomillionEdna TanGillian U. Bayne

Strand 1: Related Paper Set: Earth Systems Education as a Platform for the Development of Thinking Skills and Scien-tific Understanding Room: Essex B

Presider: Ayush Gupta

Paper 1: Design-Based Research of an Oceanography Course for High School Earth Sciences StudentsCarmit CohenNir Orion

Paper 2: System Thinking Skills at the Elementary School LevelOrit Ben Zvi-AssarafNir Orion

Paper 3: Characterization of High School Students’ System Thinking Skills in the Context of Earth SystemsTamar BasisNir Orion

Paper 4: Earth Systems Education in a Multidisciplinary FocusNir OrionCarmit Cohen

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Motivation, Context, and Inquiry in Science EducationRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Alan Szeto

Paper 1: Science Anxiety Among Failing StudentsEbru KayaAli Yildirim

Sunday, March 30


Paper 2: Describing the Construction Process of Models of Physical Phenomena: A Discourse-Based Analysis of Elemen-tary Student Modeling ConversationsLoucas LoucaZacharias ZachariaConstantinos Constantinou

Paper 3: Can Inquiry Teaching Enhance Motivation and Inquiry Abilities of Different Achievers?Kuei-Hsiang ChenHsiao-Lin TuanChih-Chung TsaiJung-Chi Chang

Paper 4: Motivation Theory in Action: Using Saltwater Aquaria to Teach Science in SchoolsGiuliano ReisShelley RossCatherine C. neé PennachettiWolff-Michael Roth

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Cognition and ModelingRoom: Essex A

Presider: Christopher Wilson

Paper 1: Assessing Students’ Understanding of CladogramsLaura R. NovickKefyn M. Catley

Paper 2: Embedded Science Textbook uestions Used to In-crease ComprehensionCynthia GhentWilliam Holliday

Paper 3: Lizards and Frogs or Lizards and Mammals: University Students’ Understanding of Most Recent Common AncestryNancy P. MorabitoKefyn M. CatleyLaura R. Novick

Paper 4: Undergraduates’ Abilities to Use Representations in Biology: Interpreting Phylogenetic Tree ThinkingKristy L. HalversonJ. C. PiresSandra K. Abell

Strand 6: Related Paper Set: Research on Learning across Museum ContextsRoom: Laurel CPresider: Jim Kisiel

Paper 1: Middle School Aged Students’ Interactions with 3-D Visualizations on a Spherical Display at a Science MuseumCeleste Barthel

Paper 2: Examining the Role of Affect in Visitor Engagement with Touch Tanks Coral GehrkeShawn Rowe

Paper 3: iPods and Chaos: Using Design Research and Clini-cal Interviews in an Interactive ExhibitMolly Phipps

Paper 4: Teacher Perspectives in Ocean Sciences Education: A Look at the SMILE-CIOSS PartnershipBronwen RiceSueAnn BottomsShawn Rowe

Strand 7: Symposium: Recruitment of Science and Math-ematics Teachers: National and International Perspectives on Issues and PoliciesRoom: Kent B

Presider: Abdulkadir Demir

Abdulkadir DemirCharlene M. CzerniakFouad Abd-El-KhalickLaura MoinValerie K. OteroFrances Lawrenz

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Approaches for Science Teacher Education IIRoom: Kent C

Presider: Cherie McCollough

Paper 1: Concept Mapping to Promote Acquisition of Peda-gogical Knowledge in Secondary Education StudentsBarbara A. Austin

Paper 2: New Pre-Service Experiences in Authentic Settings: Family Learning Events in Science Teacher EducationCherie McCollough

Paper 3: Crafting a Community-centered and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Preservice Science Teacher Education: A Collaborative Action EthnographyVicente C. HandaDeborah TippinsNorman F. Thomson

Sunday, March 30


Paper 4: Enhancing Student Teachers’ Reflective Thinking Through Reflective PracticesMiwha ParkGyoungho LeeJinwoong SongYoung-Shin Park

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Fostering Edu-cational ChangeRoom: Dover B

Presider: Avi Hofstein

Paper 1: Sustainable Improvements of Science Teaching Through the Development of Local School Science CulturesJan Solberg

Paper 2: Building Leadership to Support Teachers’ Integra-tion of Technology-Enhanced Science InstructionLibby F. GerardJane B. BowyerRonald W. Marx

Paper 3: Science Teacher Thinking About Mentoring as Revealed Through Written CasesThomas R. KoballaJulie KittlesonLeslie BradburyMichael Dias

Strand 10: Symposium: Assessment Linked to Middle School Science Learning Goals: Development and UseRoom: Essex C

Presider: George M. Bodner

George DeBoerCari F. Herrmann-AbellKristen A. LennonNatalie S. Dubois

Strand 11: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Learning, Participation, and Access in Physics EducationRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Christopher Emdin

Paper 1: Students, Language, and Physics: Discourse in the Science ClassroomSusan M. Kowalski

Paper 2: Construction of a Latent Variable to Predict Physics Access in U.S. Urban High SchoolsAngela M. KellyKeith Sheppard

Paper 3: The Impact of Gender on Conceptual Theoretical Framework and Cognition Across CulturesSharon SchleighDouglas ClarkCynthia DAngelo

Paper 4: Adopting Gender Stereotypes: Unraveling Bias From Student Evaluations of Their TeachersGeoff PotvinZahra HazariRobert H. TaiPhilip M. Sadler

Strand 12: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Teaching with TechnologiesRoom: Laurel B

Presider: Kate PopejoyPaper 1: Pre-service Teachers’ Perspectives Towards Integrat-ing Interactive Whiteboard into Elementary School Natural Science CourseTzu-Hua WangKai-Ti Yang

Paper 2: What Facilitates Integration of One-to-One Lap-tops According to Science Teachers?Aviva KliegerYehuda Ben-HurNurit Bar-Yossef

Paper 3: Pre-service Biology Teachers’ Use of Interactive Dis-play Systems: Reform-Based Teaching or Chalk and Talk?Christine G. SchnittkaIan C. BinnsRandy L. Bell

Paper 4: Constructing Classroom Meaning with the Integra-tion of Computer Technology into Science TeachingKarthigeyan Subramaniam

Strand 13: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Students’ Views of the Nature of ScienceRoom: Kent A

Presider: Lawrence C. Scharmann

Paper 1: Teaching Nature of Science to K-2 Students: What Can They Gain From Instruction and What Influences Changes in Their Views?Valarie L. AkersonLisa A. Donnelly

Paper 2: Correlating Students’ Drawings of Scientists with Interview Data: Further Validation of E-DASTDonna L. FarllandWilliam F. McComas

Sunday, March 30


Paper 3: An Instrument to Assess Views of Scientific Inquiry: The VOSI QuestionnaireRenee S. SchwartzNorman G. LedermanJudith S. Lederman

PM Break2:00PM – 2:30PM

Session 22:30PM – 4:00PM

International Committee Sponsored Session: ESERA: The Impact of Science Education Reform in EuropeRoom: Dover AInternational Committee

Presiders: Mei-Hung Chiu and Justin DillonDiscussant: Manuela Welzel

Paper 1: Relations Between Public Policy and the Research-Based-Design of Instructional Materials: Their Mutual InfluencesAndree Tiberghien

Paper 2: Danish Science Municipalities—A Convergence of Science Education Research and Political TrendsJan Solberg

Paper 3: A “Centre of Maths & Science Education” as a Spe-cific Learning Site for Pupils, Pre- and In-Service Teacher and the General PublicFranz Bogner

Paper 4: Swiss National Standards—A Political Mandate to Researchers in Science EducationAlbert ZeyerMarco AdaminaFrancois GinginPeter Labudde

Strand 1: Symposium: Pedagogical Content Knowledelge Development as Conceptual ChangeRoom: Essex B

Presider: Eva E. TothDiscussant: Sandra K. AbellPeter HewsonJan Van DrielElizabeth DavisMichela NelsonCarrie Beyer

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Modeling Sci-entific Practices in Science ClassroomsRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Alan Oliveira

Paper 1: Identity and Science Education: Sociocultural Ap-proachAshraf Shady

Paper 2: Meaningful Learning About Models and Model-lingModeling Using Authentic Chemical Practices as Con-textsGjalt T. PrinsAstrid M. W. BulteAlbert Pilot

Paper 3: Development of Senior High School Students’ Mod-eling About Air QualityLi-Fen LinYing-Shao HsuHsin-Kai WuFu-Kwun Huang

Paper 4: Developing the Practice of Scientific Modeling through Classroom DiscussionsAyelet WeizmanYael ShwartzDavid FortusJoe Krajcik

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Reasoning and AssessmentRoom: Essex A

Presider: Brett Merritt

Paper 1: College Science Faculty’s Assessment Practices: Trends From the National Study of Postsecondary FacultyKarleen R. Goubeaud

Paper 2: Assessment-Informed Instructional Design to Sup-port Principled Reasoning in College-Level BiologyGail RichmondJoyce ParkerMark Urban-LurainBrett MerrittJohn MerrillRonald Patterson

Paper 3: Principled Reasoning and Procedural Display in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Model for AssessmentChristopher D. WilsonBrett MerrittAndy W. AndersonJohn MerrillJoyce Parker

Sunday, March 30


Paper 4: Understanding Undergraduate Students’ Concep-tions In Science: Using Lexical Analysis Software to Analyze Students’ Constructed Responses in BiologyRosa A. MoscarellaMark Urban-LurainJohn MerrillGail RichmondRonald PattersonJoyce Parker

Strand 6: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: New Ways of Researching Field TripsRoom: Laurel C

Paper 1: Building a Quality Field Trip Teacher Survey InstrumentMartin Storksdieck

Paper 2: The Impact of Multiple Visits to an Informal Learning Facility on the Development of Interest in SciencePascal GuderianBurkhard Priemer

Paper 3: Using Personal Meaning Mapping to Assess Learn-ing at a Natural History MuseumGary M. HollidayNorman G. LedermanJudith S. Lederman

Paper 4: Best Practices for Field Days Assessment ToolStephan P. CarlsonJoe HeimlichMartin StorksdieckDawn Tanner

Strand 7: Symposium: Preservice K-8 Teachers’ Developing Pedagogical Context Knowledge Within an Integrated Sci-ence and Education ContinuumRoom: Kent B

Presider: Danielle J. Ford

Danielle J. FordSteve FifieldXiaoyu QianDeborah AllenRichard DonhamYovita Gwekwerere

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of ScienceRoom: Kent C

Presider: John Tillotson

Paper 1: Teachers’ Classroom Attitude and Behavior and Their Effects on Students’ Science LearningTahsin Khalid

Paper 2: Out-Of-School Learning-To-Teach Experiences as Support for Professional Identity Development: Impact of Facilitating an Inquiry-Based CampMichael A. OcchinoApril L. Luehmann

Paper 3: The Impact of Pre-service Program Experiences on Early-Induction and Post-Induction Science Teachers’ Episte-mological BeliefsJohn TillotsonMonica J. Young

Paper 4: Future Elementary Teachers’ Epistemological Beliefs and Views about the Nature of ScienceCharles B. MamoloN. Sanjay Rebello

Strand 8: Related Paper Set: Using the Communication in Science Inquiry Model to Facilitate LearningRoom: Dover B

Presider: Dale R. Baker

Paper 1: Using the Communication in Science Inquiry Model to Facilitate Learning Biology Dale R. BakerElizabeth LewisSibel UysalSenay Yasar-PurzerMichael LangPerry Baker

Paper 2: Measuring Short-Term Teacher Learning of Scien-tific Classroom Discourse Communities Elizabeth LewisDale R. BakerSenay Yasar-PurzerSibel UysalMichael Lang

Paper 3: Teachers’ Meaning-Making During Professional Development of Scientific Classroom Discourse Communities Sibel UysalSenay Yasar-PurzerDale R. BakerElizabeth LewisMichael Lang

Sunday, March 30


Paper 4: Teachers’ Progress Ttowards a Modernist View of Nature of Science Communication Senay Yasar- PurzerSibel UysalDale R. BakerElizabeth LewisMichael Lang

Strand 10: Symposium: PISA 2006: Results from an Inter-national Assessment of Scientific LiteracyRoom: Essex C

Presider: Bruce G. Waldrip

Barry McCraeRaymond J. AdamsPeter FenshamRobert LaurieRodger W. BybeeManfred Prenzel

Strand 11: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Implications of Identity for Science Teaching and LearningRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Angela Johnson

Paper 1: Critical Science Literacy: Identifying Scientific Inscription in Lives of ResistanceMatthew Weinstein

Paper 2: Learning to Teaching Science: Negotiating Identity and Discursive Conflict in the Science ClassroomMaria S. Rivera Maulucci

Paper 3: Negotiating Respect and Learning in a Middle School Science ClassroomAdriane M. SlatonHoward M. GlasserAngela Calabrese-Barton

Strand 12: Symposium: Learning Science Through Video GamesRoom: Laurel B

Presider: Carolyn Parker

Leonard A. AnnettaShawn Y. HolmesJames MinogueMeng-Tzu Cheng

Strand 13: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Historical/Contextual Perspectives on the Nature of ScienceRoom: Kent A

Presider: Renee S. Schwartz

Paper 1: The Nature and Role of Evidence in Addressing Controversial Science ContentDaniel Dickerson

Paper 2: The Model Muddle: The Necessity of Epistemology for Learning ScienceMichael R. Matthews

Paper 3: Genetics Instruction with History of Science: Na-ture of Science LearningSun Young KimIrving E. Karen

Paper 4: A Dispute on Colour OpticsHelmut F. MikelskisLutz Kasper


Committee Sponsored Session: How Can We Translate and Communicate our Science Education Research to PracticePublications AdvisoryRoom: Dover A

Publications Advisory CommitteePresider: Barbara A. Crawford

Barbara A. CrawfordCarla Zembal-SaulSandra K. AbellWilliam HollidayJulie Luft

Strand 1: Symposium: Investigating Dynamic Transfer in Multiple ContextsRoom: Essex B

Presider: Eva E. Toth

Dean ZollmanN. Sanjay RebelloEdgar G. CorpuzJacquelyn J. HayniczBijaya AryalDyan McBrideEdward F. Redish

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Building Sci-ence Identities and Student AchievementRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Anat Yarden

Sunday, March 30


Paper 1: How Girls and Boys Use Computers in Physics ClassesHelga Stadler

Paper 2: The Role of Identity and Motivation to Resolve MisconceptionsMeena M. Balgopal

Paper 3: An Investigation of Factors Associated with Stu-dents’ Interest in PhysicsHayati SekerAysegul Terzi

Paper 4: The Effects of Different Science-Subject Achieve-ments on Self-Concept in Science Learning - Are They Same for 8th Graders in Taiwan?Jen Tsung-HauLee Che-DiChang Chun-Yen

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Reasoning and ArgumentationRoom: Essex A

Presider: Gail Richmond

Paper 1: Scientific Reasoning Skills Development in an In-troductory Biology Course Sequence for UndergraduatesMelissa S. Schen

Paper 2: Quality and Evolution of Students’ Argumentation in Organic Agriculture IssueShu-Mey Yu

Paper 3: Examining Students’ Scientific Arguments as a Consequence of Inquiry-Based Chemistry ExperiencesAeran ChoiBrian HandThomas Greenbowe

Paper 4: Decision Making in Higher Education: A Probe into STES-Oriented CoursesUri ZollerDavid Ben-ChaimOrit HerscovitzAzaiza Ibtisam

Strand 6: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Learning from Underrepresented Learners in Informal Science StudiesRoom: Laurel C

Presider: John Falk

Paper 1: Gender Differences in Elementary School Students’ Environmental EducationSarah J. CarrierAnthony J. Guarino

Paper 2: The Impact of Free-Choice STEM Experiences on Girls’ Interest, Engagement, and Participation in Science Communities, Hobbies and Careers: Results of Phase 1Lynn D. DierkingDale McCreedyPaper 3: African American Parents’ Perspectives of Informal Science: A Cultural DimensionJamila R. SimpsonEileen C. Parsons

Paper 4: Free-Choice Family Learning in a Bilingual Marine Science Program: A Qualitative Investigation of In-teractions and Long-Term Impacts Among Mexican-Descent FamiliesHeidi I. SchmoockShawn Rowe

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Approaches for Science Teacher Education IRoom: Kent B

Presider: Peter W. Hewson

Paper 1: Does Completion of University Science Courses Affect the Spatial Ability of Preservice Elementary/Middle Teachers?Alice A. Black

Paper 2: Conceptual Change in Pre-service Teacher Belief Structures-Through Japanese Lesson StudyBrian S. FortneyJames P. Barufaldi

Paper 3: Teaching Argumentation to Pre-Service Science and Technology Teachers: The Critical Thinking GroupPeter W. HewsonMaureen Robinson

Paper 4: Investigation of Pre-service Teachers’ Reasoning Abilities and Learning Approaches in Inquiry Based Learn-ing EnvironmentSinan OzgelenEsme HacieminogluOzgul Yilmaz-Tuzun

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Assessing Pre-service Teachers’ KnowledgeRoom: Kent C

Presider: Kimberly A. Staples

Sunday, March 30


Paper 1: Persistent Misconceptions of Biological Concepts Among Preservice Teachers and 2nd Grade Students: The Power of ProbingKimberly A. Staples

Paper 2: Relationship Between Environmental Literacy and Background Characteristics of Teacher-Training Students- Implications for Training ProgramsSara PeerDaphne GoldmanBela Yavetz

Paper 3: Investigating the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Pre-Service Elementary Teachers Concerning ModelsSusan A. EverettGail R. LueraCharlotte A. Otto

Paper 4: Design and Development of an Instrument to Assess Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Inquiry Science TeachingBetty AdamsDavid SchusterWilliam W. CobernBrooks ApplegateRenee S. SchwartzAdriana UndreiuPaul Vellom

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Fostering Con-tent Knowledge and NOSRoom: Dover B

Presider: Kefyn M. Catley

Paper 1: Explicit Nature of Science Instruction: Can It Change In-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of NOS?Monica J. MacklinApril D. Adams

Paper 2: The Pedagogical Beliefs and Values of Physics Alter-native Certification Teacher CandidatesKathleen A. FalconerJoseph L. Zawicki

Paper 3: Connecting Professional Development to Classroom Based InstructionKimberly A. LebakNorma Boakes

Paper 4: Using a Concept Map to Guide Instruction: The Impact on Teachers’ Understanding of EvolutionSusan Gomez-ZwiepShawn Y. Holmes

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Curriculum Implementation IRoom: Essex C

Presider: Douglas Huffman

Paper 1: Fidelity of Implementation to Instructional Strate-gies as a Moderator of Science Curriculum Unit EffectivenessCarol O’DonnellSharon J. Lynch

Paper 2: Middle School Science Curriculum: Coherence as a Design PrincipleYael ShwartzAyelet WeizmanDavid FortusJoe KrajcikBrian J. Reiser

Paper 3: A Framework for Measuring Fidelity of Implemen-tation of Science Instructional MaterialsJeanne R. CenturyMollie RudnickCassie FreemanDebbie LeslieMurat KahveciAndy Isaacs

Paper 4: Measuring Fidelity of Implementation: Under-standing “Critical Components” of Science Instructional MaterialsMollie RudnickJeanne R. CenturyCassie FreemanDebbie LeslieMurat KahveciDavid Beer

Strand 11: Symposium: Immigration, Culture, and Science Education in New York CityRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Karen E Phillips

Wesley B. PittsAshraf ShadyGillian U. BayneKaren E. PhillipsKenneth G. Tobin

Strand 12: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Technology and Students’ Conceptual LearningRoom: Laurel B

Sunday, March 30

�0 2008 NARST Annual International Conference

Paper 1: The Use of Internet-Based Instruction for the Development of Conceptions of and Approaches to Learning Science in a Physiology ClassJhy-Chong LiangChin-Chung Tsai

Paper 2: The Application of the 3D Virtual Reality on Field Trip: Taking the Example of Hsiaoyukeng

Ming Chao LinChun-Yen Chang

Paper 3: Promoting Middle-School Students’ Spatial Percep-tion of the Moon Phases with a Web-Based ModuleMeytal HansYael KaliYoav Yair

Paper 4: Virtual World, Real Impact: Gender, Race and The Use of a 3D Virtual World to Teach Concepts Around Water QualityJanice L. AndersonCindy JongMike Barnett

Strand 13: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Socio-cultural Studies of the Nature of ScienceRoom: Kent A

Presider: Fouad Abd-El-Khalick

Paper 1: Children’s Practice of the Social Construction of Scientific Facts: Meta-Ethnographic Synthesis and Science Education ResearchJames B. Cooper

Paper 2: Student Predispositions Toward Understanding Evolutionary ConceptsRonald S. Hermann

Paper 3: The Applicability of Science to Decision Making: Moral & Reflective FactorsSharon DotgerLisa JohnsonBenjamin H. Dotger

Paper 4: Scientists, Profit-driven Science, and School ScienceJohn BenczeGervase M. BowenMaurice DiGiuseppeMarijana Kanisek

Evening Events

6:00PM – 7:00PMRoom: Dover C

Membership and Elections Commit-tee Sponsored Session: Mentor-Mentee Nexus

Membership CommitteePresider: Mary M. Atwater

Brian FortneyLaura HenriquesJulie Grady

7:00PM – 9:00PM

Opening: Presidential WelcomeReception—All invited!

Room: Harborside Ballroom

Sunday, March 30

Monday, March 31


NARST Committee Meetings 7:00AM - 8:15AM

Awards Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs MeetingRoom: Essex A

Equity and Ethics Committee MeetingRoom: Laurel A

External Policy and Relations Committee MeetingRoom: Laurel B

International Committee MeetingRoom: Essex B

Membership and Election, Committee MeetingRoom: Laurel C

Program Committee MeetingRoom: Laurel D

Publications Advisory Committee MeetingRoom: Kent A

Research Committee MeetingRoom: Kent B

Ad hoc: History of Science Education Committee MeetingRoom: Kent C

Plenary Session 18:30AM – 9:45AMRoom: Grand Ballroom V & VI

Program Committee Sponsored Plenary 1: Marcia Linn, Keynote Speaker: Science, Technology and Policy

Presider: Penny J. Gilmer

Session 410:15AM – 11:45AM

Strand 1 & Strand 9 Combined: Interactive Poster SessionRoom: Laurel B

Presider: Shawn Rowe

Strand 1Paper 1: Understanding the Relationship Between Learning and Forms of Representations by Analyzing Students’ Mental Models of Atomic StructureEun Jung Park

Paper 2: Representational Tools for Teaching Science: De-signing a Research-Based ApproachEva E. Toth

Paper 3: A Comparison of Visual Representations of DNA ReplicationMichelle CookEric N. WiebeGlenda Carter

Paper 4: Teaching and Learning From a Representational Perspective: Insights From a Classroom Video StudyPeter HubberMaria F. HaslamRussell W. Tytler

Strand 9Paper 1: Learning About Sound through Inquiry. A Study with 8th Grade PupilsMonica L. BaptistaAna M. Freire

Paper 2: Improving Our Practice: Teachers’ Stories about Supported Collaborative InquiryTamara D. H. NelsonKeith JohnsonCharlotte WatersLinda Lebard

Strand 1: Interactive Poster Session--Science Learning and Conceptual Change Poster SessionRoom: Dover B

Presider: Vicente Talanquer

Paper 1: Extending Grade One Student’s Views of the Social Nature of Scientific Work Through the Use of Stories About ScientistsAzza Sharkawy

Paper 2: Peer Scaffolding and Transfer in the Context of Learning Bijaya AryalDean A. Zollman

Paper 3: Investigating Students’ Ideas About Wavefront AberrometryDyan McBrideDean A. Zollman

Paper 4: Student Preconceptions of the Role of Pollination in the Plant Life CycleStephen M. RybczynskiElisabeth E. Schussler

Monday, March 31

2008 NARST Annual International Conference �3

Paper 5: Christopher Columbus Discovers ... Magnetic Declination Changes! Improving Metaconceptual Knowl-edge with Learning About Change of Models and Historical Mistakes in ScienceLutz KasperHelmut F. Mikelskis

Paper 6: Understanding Middle School Students’ Views of the Nature of Science: Perspectives from a Seventh Grade ClassroomJamie M. ChanKimberly D. Tanner

Paper 7: Understanding Novices’ Versus Experts’ Conceptions About the Biological Basis of Learning and MemoryRebecca M. FulopKimberly D. Tanner

Paper 8: A Longitudinal Study of Elementary Students’ Un-derstandings of Lunar Concepts Related to Moon PhasesMark GuyTim Young

Paper 9: Learning to Think about Gravity II: Aristotle, Newton, and EinsteinEsther L. ZirbelClaudine I. KavanaghCary Sneider

Paper 10: Investigating the Relationship Between Students’ Motivation and Concept Learning in a Digital Learning ContextChung-Hsien TsengHsiao-Lin TuanChi-Chin Chin

Paper 11: Relationship Between Students´ General and Theory-Specific Beliefs on the Nature of Science Kerstin KremerDetlef UrhahneJuergen Mayer

Paper 12: An Examination of Fifth- to Eighth- Grade Stu-dents’ Understandings About Inquiry and Doing InquiryEunkyung KoByoung-Sug KimNorman G. Lederman

Paper 13: Cross-Cultural Analysis of Knowledge Structure Coherence and Understanding of ForceDouglas ClarkSharon SchleighCynthia DangeloGokhan OzdemirHelen ZhangEdgar Corpuz

Strand 2: Interactive Poster Session--Theorizing and Model-ing InquiryRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 1

Presider: Christopher Emdin

Paper 1: High School Students’ Understanding of the Dis-tinction Between Scientific Theories and Scientific LawsEun Ah LeeByeong-Geon Park

Paper 2: “Maybe The Algae Was From The Filter”: Theoriz-ing ‘Maybe’ And Its Use By Young Children In ConversationSusan A. KirchChristina Siry

Paper 3: Science as Argument-Driven Inquiry: The Impact on Students’ Conceptions of NOSVictor D. SampsonJonathon Grooms

Paper 4: Learning to Think Like Scientists with the PET CurriculumValerie K. OteroKara Gray

Paper 5: Elements of Online Inquiry: Integrating Inquiry With Content in an Online Chemistry Course for TeachersMary V. MawnKathleen S. Davis

Paper 6: The Comparison of Scientific Creativity Levels Between Students and TeachersAnne LaiusMiia Rannikmäe

Paper 7: The Planetarium as an Outdoor Learning Environ-mentAyelet WeizmanNir Orion

Paper 8: A Discourse-Based Analysis of Student Inquiry in Elementary Science Classroom: Examining Students’ Mecha-nistic Reasoning, Analogical Reasoning, Argumentation and Scientific explanationsLoucas T. LoucaZacharias C. ZachariaAristos Evagorou

Paper 9: The Influence of Prior Knowledge and Cognitive Load Theory on Instructional Design PrinciplesMichelle CookGlenda CarterEric N. Wiebe

Monday, March 31

�� 2008 NARST Annual International Conference

Paper 10: Sixth Graders’ Approaches to Maps and MappingAngelica Reid-GriffinGlenda CarterEric N. WiebeJohn ParkSusan Butler

Strand 3: Interactive Poster Session--Science Teaching at Primary SchoolRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Valerie L. Talsma

Paper 1: Elementary School Teachers’ Learning of Science Content Through TeachingBrian E. Kinghorn

Paper 2: Revisiting Elementary Teachers’ Physical Science Conceptions After the No Child Left Behind ActNazan U. Bautista

Paper 3: Improving the Argumentation Skills of the Sixth Graders Through the Instruction of the Socioscientific Issues in TaiwanShu-Sheng LinPo-Hung Huang

Paper 4: Inquiry and Astronomy: Investigations in Celestial MotionJulia D. PlummerRebecca Rice

Paper 5: Unpacking Sixth Grade Students’ Mental Models of Popular Astronomy ConceptsDorian W. JanneyWilliam Holliday

Paper 6: Infusing Guided TAPing with a Socioscientific Issue in Science TeachingChi-Chin ChinWei-Cheng YangHsiao-Lin Tuan

Paper 7: On the Nature of Teaching Nature of Science: Preservice Early Childhood Teachers’ Instruction in Preschool and Elementary SettingsValarie L. AkersonCary A. BuzzelliLisa A. Donnelly

Paper 8: Patterns in the Science Knowledge of Elementary Preservice Teachers Engaged in Inquiry TeachingBetty J. YoungBarbara Sullivan WattsRobert PockalnyBarbara L. Nowicki

Paper 9: Puppets Promoting Reasoning and Argument Sci-enceShirley SimonStuart NaylorBrenda KeoghJane MaloneyBrigid Downing

Strand 4: Interactive Poster Session--Teaching Strategies, As-sessment, and TechnologyRoom: Dover A

Presider: Melissa Luna

Paper 1: Developing Assessments of Science Content Knowl-edge for TeachingMark Olson

Paper 2: Suggestion of a New Strategy to Teach EvolutionMinsu HaHeeyoung Cha

Paper 3: A Comparison of the Teaching Strategies for Prob-lem Solving in Senior High School PhysicsJang-Jeng ChernMing-Jun SuMing-Liang LinShing-Ho Chiang

Paper 4: Integrating FAM-WATA into Elementary School Natural Science and Technology Education: Analyzing the Benefits for Students with Different Cognitive StylesChao Li LingTang Xing JuanYen Chiung FenWang Tzu HuaWang Wei Lung

Paper 5: The Effect of Reflective Discussions Following Inquiry-Based Laboratory Activities on Students’ Views of Nature of ScienceHagop YacoubianSaouma B. BouJaoude

Strand 5: Interactive Poster Session--College Science Teach-ing and LearningRoom: Essex B

Presider: Peter Garik

Paper 1: Misconceptions University Students Have in As-tronomyHyunju Lee

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Paper 2: Argumentation for the FutureEmily J. DiefendorfGregory J. Kelly

Paper 3: Does Computer-Based Animation Sequence Impact Student Understanding of the Model of Global Atmospheric Circulation?Daniel W. HarrisWilliam Holliday

Paper 4: Immediate Feedback From Videotaping to Increase Science Process Skills in General Chemistry LabDawne TaylorAmy L. Rogers

Paper 5: Influences on Undergraduate Physical Science Learners’ Subject Decision MakingLen R. NewtonAndy NoyesAndy Clapham

Paper 6: Biology Students’ Ideas about Germs and Illness: An Exploratory Study of Conceptual ChangeCheryl BergStephanie TouchmanMuhsin Menekse Paper 7: Exploring the Relationships Between Epistemic Beliefs and Nature of Science in a College Biology CourseMoon-Heum ChoDeanna M. LankfordDaniel J. WescottDeborah Cunningham

Paper 8: Undergraduate Learning at the Interface of Math-ematics and BiologyCynthia PassmoreJulia SvobodaCarole HomGrosberg Rick Paper 9: Effects of Embedding Nature of Science Concepts in a College Level Physical Science CourseLisa M. Martin-HansenJohn WilsonJoseph PlacanicaRobert Gable

Paper 10: Visual Physics: Using a Case Correlation Study to Inform Introductory Physics Course DesignCathy M. EzrailsonCathleen C. LovingPeter L. McIntyreTeruki Kamon

Strand 6: Interactive Poster Session--Beyond the Museum’s Walls: Informal Science Across ContextsRoom: Kent B

Presider: Shawn Rowe

Paper 1: Understanding Science (Fairs) in the News MediaG. Michael BowenJ. Lawrence BenczeElizabeth Sampson

Paper 2: Evidence-based Explanation of High School Stu-dents in Natural History Museum JooHye Jung

Paper 3: A Review of Measures of Student Concept Learning From Field trips to Informal Science InstitutionsWilliam A. Watson

Paper 4: Enhancing Science Understanding for Middle School Students Through Interactions With a Field BotanistDebby PeckKaren S. Sullenger

Paper 5: 21st Century Community Learning Science Educa-tion CampAndre M. GreenPhillip Feldman

Paper 6: Responses to Traveling Do-It-Yourself Science Ex-hibits in Community SettingsLeonie Rennie Rosemary S. EvansFiona E. Mayne

Paper 7: Informal Settings for Learning and Achievement: Museums in ActionSandra T. MartellElizabeth DrameRaquel Oxford

Paper 8: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Perspective on Science Outreach ProgramsNicole ArsenaultG. Michael BowenJ. Lawrence BenczeBradley Tucker

Paper 9: Involving Elementary Teachers in Informal Learn-ing ExperiencesNicholas StroudMegan RobertsJenny IngberKatherine Brown

Monday, March 31


Strand 7: Interactive Poster Session--Preservice Science Teacher EducationRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presider: Meredith Park Rogers

Paper 1: Learning and Teaching Science as InquiryHui-Ju HuangPaper 2: Investigating “Life in a Square”: An Examination of Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Obser-vation and InferenceMeredith Park Rogers

Paper 3: Contributions of the Mentor Teacher: Opportuni-ties for Pre-service Science Teacher Learning During the Methods SemesterKaren A. TraversChristopher J. Harris

Paper 4: Navigating the Bottleneck of Curriculum Planning: Exploring the Struggles in Planning the Pre-service Elemen-tary Science Method CourseHedy MoscoviciIrene Osisioma

Paper 5: Validation of Mentoring for Effective Primary Sci-ence Teaching Instrument for a Turkish SampleOzgul Yilmaz-TuzunNurcan Turker

Paper 6: Teacher-in-Residence Programs: Supporting Physics Teacher Education at the University and BeyondMarcia K. FettersPaul Hickman

Paper 7: Giving Priority to Evidence in Science …..and History? How Preservice Elementary Teachers Make Sense of Evidence in Science and Social Studies Methods CoursesLeigh A. HaefnerTimothy D. Slekar

Paper 8: Learning Physics by Listening to ChildrenDanielle B. HarlowValerie K. Otero

Paper 9: Preparing Secondary Science Teachers at the Uni-versity of ArizonaIngrid NovodvorskyVicente TalanquerDebra Tomanek

Paper 10: BEST Model of Professional Development: Helping Science Intern Teachers to Meet the Needs at the Front LineMing-Liang LinMing-Jun SuJeng-Fung Hung

Paper 11: Constructivist and Traditional Approaches to Teaching and Learning: Validation of Teacher Beliefs SurveyBugrahan YalvacNurcan TurkerOzgul Yilmaz-Tuzun

Strand 8: Interactive Poster Session--Facets and Issues of Professional DevelopmentRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon IV

Presider: Carla Johnson

Paper 1: Context of Science Teachers’ Learning: Inquiry-Based Teaching Practices of Beginning Science TeachersAbdulkadir DemirSandra K. Abell

Paper 2: Does Change From Professional Development Programs Last? A Longitudinal Study of Sustained and Increased Science Teacher ImprovementCarla JohnsonJane B. KahleJamison D. Fargo

Paper 3: Community Advisory Panels in American Indian School CommunitiesRebecca M. MonhardtVessela K. IlievaJames BartaKurt Becker

Paper 4: Subject Mentors: Professional Development in a School-Based Mentor Training ProgramTung-Hsing HsiungWen-Hua ChangChao-Ti HsiungRicy Chang

Paper 5: Teachers’ Burning Questions: Understanding Chal-lenges That Science Teachers Face and Problem-Based Learn-ing as a Framework to Support Teacher ResearcherMeilan ZhangTom J. McConnellMary LundebergMatthew J. KoehlerJan Eberhardt

Paper 6: The Impact of Teaching the Conceptual History of Physics as a Sequence of Models on the Understanding of the Nature of Science by Physics TeachersCharles WinrichAndrew DuffyArthur EisenkraftRuss FauxLuciana GarbayoPeter Garik

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Paper 7: Building a Continuum of Practice: First Year Sec-ondary Science TeachersJulie LuftGillian H. RoehrigKrista AdamsSelcen GuskeySarah HickJonah Firestone

Strand 10: Interactive Poster Session-Curriculum, Evalua-tion, and AssessmentRoom: Dover C

Presider: Kimberly D. Tanner

Paper 1: Plant Versus Animal Content in Elementary Sci-ence TextbooksElisabeth E. Schussler

Paper 2: Intended, Taught and Learned Curriculum: Stu-dent Learning Through a Problem-Based Environmental Health Science CurriculumNam-Hwa Kang

Paper 3: Tracking Students’ Process of LearningDorita A. DemetriouConstantinos Korfiatis

Paper 4: Collaborative Evaluation Communities in Urban Schools: Developing the Capacity of Teachers to Evaluate Science ProgramsDana AtwoodDouglas Huffman

Paper 5: Probing Middle School Students’ Understanding of Ideas About Interdependence in Living Systems through Content-Aligned AssessmentKristen A. LennonGeorge DeBoer

Paper 6: Probing Middle School Students’ Understanding of Ideas about Matter Transformations in Living Systems Through Content-Aligned AssessmentNatalie S. DuboisGeorge DeBoer

Paper 7: Developing a Two-Tiered Instrument with Con-fidence Levels for Assessing Students’ Conceptions of Direct Current CircuitsSaed SabahXiufeng Liu

Paper 8: The Nature of Scientific Thinking: Assessing How Students Respond to Lessons Designed to Develop Under-standing of the Nature of Science and ModelingAmanda Heffner-WongTina GrotzerLucy Morris

Paper 9: Scaffolded Inquiry Curriculum for Science LearningYing-Shao HsuFang-Ying YangMeng-Jung Tsai

Paper 10: Preliminary Use of an Assessment for Scientific Inquiry Creativity Michelle R. McCombsMarco MolinaroKen PetersonRichard Ponzio

Paper 11: Innovating Science Curricular Materials for Fu-ture Citizenship- 3C-AIMS ProjectYeong-Jing ChengYing-Shao HsuWen-Hua ChangTsung-Hau JenShu-Fen LinChe-Di Lee

Strand 11: Interactive Poster Session--Diverse Learners and Teachers in Science EducationRoom: Laurel C

Presider: Bhaskar Upadhyay

Paper 1: Student Voice Matters: Using Student Feedback to Evaluate Curriculum in an After School Science ProgramJanell N. Catlin

Paper 2: Dynamics of Successful Student Kinship Groups in a College Physics Class of Inner City High School StudentsKonstantinos Alexakos

Paper 3: Highly Qualified Does Not Equal High Quality: A Study of Urban Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Quality in Sci-ence TeachingRommel J. Miranda

Paper 4: An Analysis of the Association of Gender and Eth-nicity with Departure from the Biology MajorSarah A. Lang

Paper 5: Exploring Pakistani High School Student Under-standing of EvolutionAnila AsgharJason WilesBrian Alters

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Paper 6: Theory to Practice – Challenges and Successes Implementing an Inquiry-Based Science Curriculum with Diverse Learners and Its Impacts on Student Learning and EngagementSybil S. Kelley

William G. BeckerDalton Miller-Jones

Strand 11: Interactive Poster Session--Science Careers and Identity Issues in Science EducationRoom: Essex A

Presider: Felicia M. Moore

Paper 1: The Motivation and Perseverance of Women Sci-ence Students of ColorAngela Johnson

Paper 2: Negotiating Pathways to Successful Science Careers: The Life Experiences of African-American WomenClaudette Giscombe

Paper 3: Positioning in the World of Science: A Look at Four Youths’ Hybrid Identity Work Within and Beyond a Math and Science Upward Bound ProgramJrene Rahm

Paper 4: Teachers’ Self-Identity and Conceptual Hurdles to “Science For All”Alejandro GallardSherry A. Southerland

Paper 5: Women in Undergraduate Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Computer Science: How Can We Sustain Them Through Graduation?Barbara A. BurkeDennis W. SunalGlenda Ogletree

Paper 6: Science Teachers’ Conflicts and Practices in Rela-tionship Between Science and Religion: A Life-Historical Approach to Two RealmsHunkoog JhoMiran ChunJinwoong Song

Paper 7: A Look at Meaning-Making Inside Partnership Projects Among Scientists, Museums and Schools: Struggles, Confusions or Cocreations?Jrene Rahm

Strand 12: Interactive Poster Session--Technology in Science ClassroomsRoom: Kent A

Presider: Christine G. Schnittka

Paper 1: Using Educational Computer and Video Games in K-12 Classrooms to Promote Learning: A Critical Literature ReviewJanice L. Anderson

Paper 2: Multimedia Learning in a Real ClassroomNathan Wood

Paper 3: Investigating the Use of ThinkerTools to Promote Learning of Newton’s Laws of Motion - A Case StudyHan-Chin LiuHsueh-Hua Chuang

Paper 4: Interactive Whiteboards: Beginning a Study on Their Impact in a Wholly Wireless / Laptop Classroom EnvironmentLyn C. CarterPhilip C. Clarkson

Paper 5: Engineering in Health Care: A Multimedia Cur-riculum for Secondary Science TeachersCarolyn ParkerTaryn M. BaylesJulia Ross

Strand 13: Interactive Poster Session--History, Philosophy, and Sociology of ScienceRoom: Essex C

Presider: Valarie L. Akerson

Paper 1: Research and Development of Nature of Science-Ex-plicit Curricular Materials- Pedagogy PerspectiveSang-Chong LieuWen-Ling ChenSufen ChenShu-Fen LinMao-Tsai HuangTung-Hsing Hsiung

Paper 2: Research and Development of Nature of Science-Ex-plicit Curricular Materials for the Dissolving UnitSufen ChenWen-Ling ChenShu-Fen LinSang-Chong LieuWen-Hua Chang

Monday, March 31


Strand 14: Interactive Poster Session--Environmental IssuesRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Rita Anne Hagevik

Paper 1: Students’ Post-Ecological Discourse in a Second-ary One SETS (Science-Technology-Society-Environment) EducationAlbert Zeyer

Paper 2: Earth and Environmental Science Textbooks’ Cov-erage of Secondary Students’ Concepts of Global WarmingSoyoung ChoiDan P. ShepardsonDev NiyogiUmarporn Charusombat

Paper 3: Precipitation, Evaporation, and Condensation: Student Conceptions of the Hydrologic CycleDaniel P. Shepardson

Paper 4: High School Students’ and Science Teachers’ Knowl-edge of the Socioscientific Controversies on Global Climate ChangeVirginie Albe

Paper 5: Children’s Ideas About Rare and Threatened SpeciesImplications for TeachingDemetra P. HadjichambiKonstantinos KorfiatisAndreas Ch Hadjichambis

Paper 6: Rhetorical Analysis of Global Warming and Other Socioscientific Issues in Popular News MediaDaniel DickersonCraig StewartRose HotchkissDaniel CutshawJulie Lambert

Strand 14: Interactive Poster Session – Environmental EducationRoom: Kent C

Presider: Eleanor D. Abrams

Paper 1: Using the Model of Ecological Values to Examine Stability of and Changes in Children’s Environmental Per-ceptions over TimeBruce JohnsonConstantinos Manoli

Paper 2: Science Teacher Learning of Ecological Concepts in an Online Biology CourseKathleen S. DavisMary V. Mawn

Paper 3: Connecting Community Elders with Primary Schools in Africa Using Mobile Phones and Web 2.0 Tech-nologiesGeorge E. GlassonMicahael Evans

Paper 4: Improving Science Education for Sustainable De-velopmentMichiel van EijckWolff-Michael Roth

Paper 5: “Who Polluted the Potomac?” The Translation and Implementation of an Environmental Story in Brazilian and Turkish Elementary ClassroomsAlan OliveiraHuseyin ColakValarie L. Akerson

Paper 6: Science Teachers’ Motivation for Encouraging Students to Promote Individual, Social & Environmental WellbeingJohn BenczeSteve AlsopE. SperlingJ. NazirM. DiGiuseppe

Paper 7: Factors Influencing Students’ Ecological Actions Fol-lowing Participation in an Earth Education ProgramConstantinos Manoli

NARST Business MeetingRoom: Grand Ballroom V &VI

12:00PM – 12:45PM Free box lunch for attendees who have registered for this event


Committee Sponsored Workshop: IESDOE Workshop: Preparing Research Grant Proposals for the Institute of Education SciencesRoom: Dover A

Presider: Elizabeth Albro

Strand 1: Related Paper Set: Representation and Learning in Sci-ence: Exploring Recent Perspectives from Cognitive ScienceRoom: Essex B

Presider: Eva E. Toth

Monday, March 31


Paper 1: Representation and Learning in Science: Exploring Recent Perspectives from Cognitive ScienceVaughan PrainRussell W. TytlerPeter Hubber

Paper 2: Examining the Impact of Student Use of Multiple-Mode Representations on Argument ConstructionBrian HandAeran ChoiThomas GreenboweJacob SchroederWilliam Bennett

Paper 3: Using Multi-Modal Representations to Improve Learning in Junior Secondary ScienceBruce G. WaldripVaughan PrainJames Carolan

Paper 4: Pacific Crystal Project: Explicit Literacy Instruction Embedded in Middle School Science ClassroomsRobert AnthonyChristine TippettLarry Yore

Strand 1: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Naive Beliefs and Mental ModelsRoom: Laurel C

Presider: Anat Yarden

Paper 1: On Constraints and Learning Progressions: The Case of “Structure of Matter”Vicente Talanquer

Paper 2: The Challenges Ahead for Research and Develop-ment on Conceptual Change in ScienceReinders DuitDavid Treagust

Paper 3: A Learning Progression for Apparent Celestial MotionJulia D. PlummerJoe Krajcik

Paper 4: Investigating the Influences of Mental and Model Based Teaching-Learning Sequences on Students’ Learning in ElectricityJing-Wen LinMei-Hung Chiu

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Tutoring and Peer Guided Interactions in Science EducationRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon IV

Presider: Gillian U. Bayne

Paper 1: Science for All and Inclusion: Learning From DionMichele Hollingsworth Koomen

Paper 2: Metacognition and Affect in the Language of Chemistry TutorsKaren E. PhillipsMya Marquis

Paper 3: Learning From Young Experts. A Study of the Inter-play Between Students and Young Experts in a Biology LabJesús PiquerasNadia SenebyKarim M. Hamza

Paper 4: What Are They Talking About? Lessons Learned From a Study of Peer Instruction DiscourseMark JamesFederica BarbieriPaula Garcia

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Investigating Teacher Epistemologies and PracticesRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Ann Rivet

Paper 1: Student Learning in Problem-based Inquiry: From the Perspectives of TeachersNam-Hwa KangDaniel Balls

Paper 2: Using Preschool Science Activities to Impact Teach-ing Interactions and Learning EnvironmentsLiesel CopelandKathleen C. Haynie

Paper 3: An Analysis of Teachers’ Scientific Epistemological Views and Reactions to Incidents with MisconceptionsHarika Ozge ArslanAylin CamCeyhan CigdemogluOmer Geban

Strand 4: Related Paper Set: Identifying Different Levels of Strategies in Model-Based InstructionRoom: Dover C

Presider: John Clement

Paper 1: Six Strategy Levels for Model Based TeachingJohn Clement

Paper 2: Determining Effective Target Concepts and Learn-ing PathwaysMary Anne Rea-Ramirez

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Paper 3: Anchoring Student Reasoning in Prior Knowledge: Characteristics of Anchoring Cases in a CurriculumA. Lynn StephensJohn Clement

Paper 4: Co-Constructing Explanatory Mental Models in High School Physics: Comparing Ratios of Teacher/Student ParticipationE. Grant WilliamsJohn Clement

Strand 4: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Partnerships in Science EducationRoom: Kent A

Presider: Angelica Reid-Griffin

Paper 1: Investigating the Short-Term and Longitudinal Im-pact of Scientist-Teacher Partnerships on Middle and High School Science TeachersLoretta A. KelleyKimberly D. TannerAllison Busch

Paper 2: Examining the Role of Teacher Partnerships in Science Education Research, Professional Development, and Teacher LearningKeisha VarmaMarcia LinnFreda Husic

Paper 3: The Influence of Service Learning in High School Science on Undergraduate MajorsVanessa L. WyssChristine LiuRobert H. Tai

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Life Sciences Methods of InstructionRoom: Essex A

Presider: Leslie Sandra Jones

Paper 1: A Matter of Concern: Marginalizing the Voice of Reason(ing) in College Science TeachingBrett Merritt

Paper 2: An Interaction Analysis of College Biology Labora-tory Students’ Discussion Board ContributionsJames H. WanderseeWilliam Holliday

Paper 3: Cogenerative Dialogue: Improving Undergraduate Biochemistry Teaching and LearningPenny J. GilmerMohammed Al-humiariDonald D. Bratton

Paper 4: Math Bench Biology Modules: Web-Based Math for All Biology UndergraduatesKaren C. NelsonGili Marbach-AdKaterina V. ThompsonPatricia Shields

Strand 7: Related Paper Set: Preservice Elementary Teachers and Curriculum MaterialsRoom: Kent B

Presider: Cynthia PassmoreDiscussant: Carla Zembal-Saul

Paper 1: Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Appropriation of an Instructional Planning FrameworkJennifer CartierWendy M. SinkPriya KannanJeanetta L. Kochhar

Paper 2: Preservice Elementary Teachers Learning to Use Science Curriculum MaterialsKristin Gunckel

Paper 3: Supporting Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Cri-tique and Adaptation of Science Curriculum Materials Using Two Types of Educative SupportsCarrie BeyerElizabeth Davis

Paper 4: Facilitating Preservice Teachers’ Development of Pro-fessional Practice Through a Boundary Spanning ActivityBeth A. CovittChristina SchwarzMinjung BaeJamie Mikeska

Paper 5: Planning and Teaching in Culturally Responsive Ways: Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Integration of Multi-cultural Themes and Goals in Science CurriculumFelicia M. Moore

Strand 8: Symposium: Elementary Teachers Learning Sci-ence Content through Video Analysis of Practice: Impact of the STeLLA Program on Teacher and Student LearningRoom: Dover B

Presider: Kathy Roth

Nicole WicklerMeike LemmensKathy RothKathleen SchwilleCatherine ChenSharon J. Lynch

Monday, March 31


Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Action Re-search as a Model of Teacher Professional DevelopmentRoom: Kent C

Presider: David Kanter

Paper 1: Generating “Knowledge of Practice” in the Context of Science Education: Case Studies in Teacher LearningKaren C. Goodnough

Paper 2: STSE (Science, Technology, Society, and the Environment): Interactions Between Policy, Curriculum Development, Social Justice Issues and Political Content Knowledge.Katherine Bellomo

Paper 3: Action Research and Support Groups - An Induc-tion Framework for Novice STEM TeachersMiri BarakShulamit WitenoffJudy Dori

Paper 4: Science Teacher Education in Place: A Participa-tory Action Research ApproachAnne Fiona WhiteSheliza IbrahimSteve Alsop

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Curriculum Implementation IIRoom: Essex C

Presider: Mollie Rudnick

Paper 1: The Impact of State Testing Under NCLB on El-ementary Science CurriculumChris L. Miller

Paper 2: What Influence Does Regularly Using a Hands-On Science Curriculum Have on State Standardized Science Test Scores?Scott A. Ashmann

Paper 3: Creating Tightly Aligned Assessments That Measure Student Growth in Primary Science in the Realities of an Urban School DistrictSanlyn R. BuxnerChristopher J. HarrisBruce Johnson

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Assessment Development IVRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 1

Presider: Barbara A. Crawford

Paper 1: Impact of Portfolio Assessment on Student Learning in PhysicsFeral Ogan-BekirogluAbdulkadir Gunay

Paper 2: A Computer-Based Instrument to Assess Under-standing of the Concept of a Substance: Evidence from Rasch Analysis for UnidimensionalityPhilip JohnsonPeter B. TymmsShaun P. Roberts

Strand 11: Symposium: Listening to Children: Under-standing the Development of Everyday Expertise in Using Evidence, Keeping Healthy, and Understanding Scientific PracticesRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Leah A. BrickerDiscussant: Richard Duschl

Philip BellLeah A. BrickerSuzanne ReeveCarrie TzouHeather ZimmermanRichard A. Duschl

Paper 1: Developing Meanings for Science: Understanding How and When Children Consider Their Everyday Practices to be Related to Science

Paper 2: The Meanings Young People Attribute to the Word “Evidence”

Paper 3: How Everyday Activities Influence Children’s Ideas About Health

Paper 4: Micros and Me: Applying Ethnographic Data to the Design of a Personally Consequential Science and Health Curriculum

Strand 12: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes towards TechnologiesRoom: Laurel B

Presider: Leonard A. Annetta

Paper 1: The Impact of Student Self-Efficacy on Scientific Inquiry SkillsDiane Jass Ketelhut

Paper 2: Students’ Perceptions of the World Wide Web as a Research Tool in Science LearningHanna Kim

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Paper 3: A Comparison of Self-Directed Learning in a Virtual World Environment to Traditional Science Teaching MethodsCatherine I. NortonMargaret D. CorbitLuis Ormaechea

Paper 4: Developing an Instrument to Assess Students’ On-line Information Anxiety in Inquiry-Based Science LearningMeng-Jung TsaiChien ChouYing-Shao HsuFang-Ying Yang

Strand 14: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Integrating Environmental and Teacher EducationRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presider: Eleanor D. Abrams

Paper 1: Na Pua O Maunalua: Transdisciplinary Literacies and Multiple Identities Pauline W. Chinn

Paper 2: How Do People Make Decisions on Local Environ-mental Issues? Investigating Reasoning Modes of Elementary School Teachers in TaiwanChuan-Shun LinShiang-Yao Liu

Paper 3: Environmental Education Professional Develop-ment Programs: Characteristics that Bring Positive ImpactsToni SondergeldCharles RopAndrea Milner

Paper 4: Environmental Knowledge: What It Tells to Create Environmental Learning of Pre-Service Teachers in TurkeyGaye Teksoz TuncerCeren TekkayaSemra SungurJale CakirogluHamide Ertepinar

Break2:30PM – 3:00PM


Program Committee Sponsored Workshop: Research on K-12 Science and Math Education at the National Science FoundationRoom: Dover A

Presider: Julia Clark

Joan Ferrini-MundyJulia V. Clark David Hanych Sharon Locke Larry Suter Strand 1: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Scaffolding LearningRoom: Laurel C

Presider: Gail Jones

Paper 1: Developing Students’ Metacognition Through Re-aligning Their Views of the Nature of Chemistry Learning: An Activity Theory PerspectiveGregory P. Thomas

Paper 2: Progression in Grade 11 Students’ Conceptions About the Aspects of the Particle TheoryEmine AdadanKathy C. TrundleKaren E. Irving

Paper 3: Crossroads of Science and Mathematics: The Inter-section of Scale and Proportional ReasoningAmy Taylor

Paper 4: Impact of the Science Writing Heuristic as a Tool for Learning in Introductory Physics LaboratoryMehmet ErkolBrian Hand

Strand 1: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Mixed Methods Studies of Conceptual ChangeRoom: Essex B

Presider: Catherine Milne

Paper 1: The Role of Content Knowledge in General Chemis-try Students’ Understanding About Molecular PolarityChia-Yu WangLloyd H. Barrow

Paper 2: Scaffolding Activities to Facilitate Student Model-ing of Microscopic FrictionEdgar G. CorpuzN. Sanjay Rebello

Monday, March 31


Paper 3: High School Students’ Scientific Epistemological Be-liefs, Cognitive Structures Regarding Nuclear Power Usage, and Their Informal Reasoning on the Debates of Nuclear Power UsageYing-Tien WuChin-Chung TsaiChun-Yen Chang

Paper 4: Writing for Learning Science: What Cognitive Tools Can Do to Structure Online Writing of BiostoriesStephen M. RitchieDonna L. RiganoLouisa TomasAndy Yeh

Strand 1: New Poster Symposium: Learning Progressions for Environmental Science Literacy (Cross-Listed in Strand 14)Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presider: Julie Lambert and Charles AndersonDiscussants: Joseph Krajcik and Richard Duschl

Paper 1: Comparing Palestinian and American Students’ Accounts of Water in Environmental SystemsHasan Abdel-KareemCharles W. Anderson

Paper 2: Developing a Learning Progression for Energy in Environmental SystemsHui JinCharles W. Anderson

Paper 3: Developing a K-12 Learning Progression for Car-bon Cycling in Socio-Ecological SystemsJing ChenLindsey MohanCharles W. Anderson

Paper 4: Developing a Learning Progression for Environ-mental Science CitizenshipBlakely K. TsurusakiBeth A. CovittEdna TanCharles W. Anderson

Paper 5: Developing Progress Variables for the Carbon CycleKaren DraneyJinnie ChoiYong-Sang LeeMark Wilson

Paper 6: Learning Progressions for Environmental Science LiteracyKristin GunckelBlakely K. TsurusakiKaren Draney

Paper 7: The Development of a K-12 Learning Progression for Biodiversity in Environmental SystemsJosie ZesaguliBlakely K. TsurusakiBrook WilkeCharles W. AndersonChristopher D. Wilson

Paper 8: A Learning Progression for Processes that Move Water through Socio-Ecological SystemsKristin GunckelBeth A. CovittHasan Abdel-KareemCharles W. AndersonRebecca Dudek

Paper 9: A Learning Progression for Processes that Alter Water Quality in Socio-Ecological SystemsBeth A. CovittKristin GunckelHasan Abdel-KareemCharles W. AndersonRebecca Dudek

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Exploring Learning Experiences and Achievement in Science EducationRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon IV

Presider: Shari L. Britner

Paper 1: Enabling Constraints: How Physics Olympics Com-petitions Can Create Meaningful Learning ExperiencesRachel F. Moll

Paper 2: How Do Misconceptions of Electrochemistry Identi-fied in Interviews Enter Into Students’ Reasoning in a More Authentic Setting?Karim M. HamzaPer-Olof Wickman

Paper 3: Context-Oriented Learning and Its Effects on Stu-dents’ Achievement Levels in Chemistry EducationSabine FechnerMarion HaugwitzAngela SandmannElke Sumfleth

Paper 4: Content Linkage and Cumulative Learning in Chemistry and PhysicsKnut NeumannAnna LauHans E. FischerElke Sumfleth

Monday, March 31


Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Science Dis-course and ArgumentationRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Brandon Emig

Paper 1: Interpreting Student Learning Through Integrated Classroom-Field Trip Science Discourses in KenyaSamson M. NashonDavid Anderson

Paper 2: Differences in the Ways More and Less Successful Groups Engage in Argumentation: A Case StudyVictor D. SampsonDouglas Clark

Paper 3: The Nature of Student Discourse During the Gen-eration of ArgumentAndy R. CavagnettoBrian HandLori Norton-Meier

Paper 4: Argumentation and Scientific Reasoning - An Ex-ploration of Their InterrelationshipClaudia von AufschnaiterChristian RoggeJan FleischhauerTanja Riemeier

Strand 3: Symposium: Effects of Scaffolded Guided Instruc-tion on Student Achievement in Elementary ScienceRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 1

Presider: Kathryn S. Weisbaum

Rick VanosdallMichael KlentschyLaurie ThompsonKathryn S. WeisbaumLarry V. Hedges

Strand 4: Related Paper Set: Large Scale Quality Develop-ment Projects in Science EducationRoom: Dover C

Presider: Thomas Koballa

Paper 1: Systematic Reform of Science and Mathematics Education: Results from a Decade of Collaborative Efforts in OhioMichael E. BeethTerry L. McCollum

Paper 2: Raising the Quality of Science Teaching in Austria - The Project IMST2Helga StadlerKonrad KrainerHelmut Khnelt

Paper 3: School Innovation in Science: A Viable Model for System Change?Russell W. Tytler

Paper 4: Improving Science and Mathematics Instruction – The SINUS-Project as an Example for Reform as Teacher Professional DevelopmentChristian OstermeierManfred PrenzelReinders Duit

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: STEM Recruit-ment and Course ReformRoom: Essex A

Presider: Bruce Patton

Paper 1: College Science Instructors’ Views and Experiences of Curriculum ReformHsiu-Ling ChenSufen Chen

Paper 2: Examining the Impact of Critical Events on the Decisions of Science Undergraduates to Pursue Careers as Research ScientistsTina M. RobertsMarcelle A. SiegelLinda BlockusSandra K. Abell

Paper 3: Attracting Undeclared College Students into STEM Majors Through Their Immersion into a Scientific Commu-nity of PracticeStephen R. HaleEleanor D. AbramsKaren GrahamBarrett N. Rock

Paper 4: Impact of Undergraduate Science Course Reform on Student OutcomesDennis W. SunalCynthia SunalCheryl L. MasonDean A. ZollmanCorinne LardyErika Steele

Monday, March 31


Strand 7: Symposium: Introducing Coteaching as an Impor-tant Element of Science Teacher EducationRoom: Kent B

Presider: Colette Murphy

Colette MurphyJennifer Gallo-FoxKaren CarlisleKathryn ScantleburyKenneth G. TobinSonya Martin

Strand 8: Symposium: Beginning/Newly Qualified Science Teachers: Guiding This Emerging DomainRoom: Dover BPresider: Julie Luft

Julie BianchiniBarbara A. CrawfordBetsy DavisJulie LuftMark OlsonJohn Tillotson

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Praxis and Views of Inquiry TeachingRoom: Kent C

Presider: Kathy Roth

Paper 1: Improving Science Through Authentic InquiryNikki L. HaneganC. R. Nelson

Paper 2: Preparing Elementary School Teachers to Integrate Inquiry Science Instruction and Language Development for English Language LearnersTrish StoddartSara E. Tolbert

Paper 3: Lesson Study in Elementary School Science: Steps to Investigative CultureMartha H. GalganskiTommie Y. Turner

Paper 4: Infusing Inquiry Teaching into Classroom Practice: A Junior High School Science Teacher’s Professional Devel-opment ExperienceJun-Yi ChenHuey-Por ChangChorng-Jee GuoWen-Yu Chang

Strand 9: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Reflective Prac-tice and Science Teacher Education IRoom: Laurel B

Presider: Jerine Pegg

Paper 1: Engaging in Socioscientific Issues (SSI) Instruc-tion: A Unique Resource for Science Teacher Reflection and LearningRobert M. Danielowich

Paper 2: Attitudes and Behaviors of Teachers Exposed to Ac-tion ResearchMarianne B. BarnesLehman W. BarnesJerry Everhart

Paper 3: Professional Development: The Role of Principals in Supporting Action ResearchIsha DeCoitoErminia PedrettiDerek HodsonMaurice DiGiuseppeLarry BenczeLisa Serebrin

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Curriculum Implementation IIIRoom: Essex C

Presider: Jeanne R. Century

Paper 1: Competing Horizons: Biology Instruction and No Child Left BehindIsaak Aronson

Paper 2: Comparison of Curricular Emphasis on Inquiry and NAEP Science ScoresJohn Murdock

Paper 3: Scaling-Up a Middle School Motion and Forces Unit in a Large, Diverse School District: Results and Impli-cations of a Quasi-ExperimentWilliam A. WatsonCurtis PikeSharon J. LynchRobert J. Ochsendorf

Paper 4: Alignment Between the Physics Content Standard and Standardized Test: A Comparison Among US-NY, Singapore, and China-JiangsuXiufeng LiuBaoHui ZhangLing L. LiangGavin FulmerBeaumie Kim

Monday, March 31Monday, March 31


Strand 11: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Investigating Culture and LearningRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Jon Saderholm

Paper 1: Culturally-Sensitive Pedagogy in an Elementary Science Classroom: A Case Study of a Hmong Elementary TeacherBhaskar Upadhyay

Paper 2: Notes on Making STEM (Science, Technology, En-gineering and Mathematics) Education a Culturally Trans-formative Tool for African AmericansJomo MutegiLaTasha R. ThompsonJulius Davis

Paper 3: “It’s Asking Me Like As If I Were the Mother…”: Examining How Students From Different Cultural Groups Interpret Test ItemsMin LiGuillermo Solano-FloresMelissa KwonShinping Tsai

Strand 13: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Teachers’ Views (or Understandings) of the Nature of ScienceRoom: Kent A

Presider: Mike U. Smith

Paper 1: Exploring the Influence of an Argumentation-Based Science Content Course on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Views of Nature of ScienceChristine V. McDonald

Paper 2: What ‘Ideas-About-Science’ Should Be Taught in School Science? A Chemistry Teachers’ PerspectiveMansoor Niaz

Paper 3: Experienced Science Teachers’ Talks on Teaching SSI: Exploration of Teachers’ Personal Practical KnowledgeHyunju LeeHyunsook Chang

Paper 4: Linking Progressive Development of Teachers’ Understandings of Nature of Science and Scientific Inquiry with Progressive Development of Instructional AbilityNorman G. LedermanJudith S. LedermanKevin White

Strand 14: New Poster Symposium: Learning Progressions for Environmental Science Literacy (Cross-Listed in Strand 1)Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presider: Julie Lambert

Paper 1: Comparing Palestinian and American Students’ Accounts of Water in Environmental SystemsHasan Abdel-KareemCharles W. Anderson

Paper 2: Developing a Learning Progression for Energy in Environmental SystemsHui JinCharles W. Anderson

Paper 3: Developing a K-12 Learning Progression for Car-bon Cycling in Socio-Ecological SystemsJing ChenLindsey MohanCharles W. Anderson

Paper 4: Developing a Learning Progression for Environ-mental Science CitizenshipBlakely K. TsurusakiBeth A. CovittEdna TanCharles W. Anderson

Paper 5: Developing Progress Variables for the Carbon CycleKaren DraneyJinnie ChoiYong-Sang LeeMark Wilson

Paper 6: Learning Progressions for Environmental Science LiteracyCharles W. AndersonJoe KrajcikRichard A. DuschlKristin GunckelBlakely K. TsurusakiKaren Draney

Paper 7: The Development of a K-12 Learning Progression for Biodiversity in Environmental SystemsJosie ZesaguliBlakely K. TsurusakiBrook WilkeCharles W. AndersonChristopher D. Wilson

Monday, March 31 Monday, March 31


Paper 8: A Learning Progression for Processes that Move Water through Socio-Ecological SystemsKristin GunckelBeth A. CovittHasan Abdel-KareemCharles W. AndersonRebecca Dudek

Paper 9: A Learning Progression for Processes that Alter Water Quality in Socio-Ecological SystemsBeth A. CovittKristin GunckelHasan Abdel-KareemCharles W. AndersonRebecca Dudek


Research Committee Sponsored Workshop: How Far We Have Come After Two Decades of Progress: A Re-Visitation to the Challenge of “Science For All Americans.”Room: Dover A

Presider: Kenneth G. Tobin

Kenneth G. TobinAlberto RodriguezDeborah TippinsWolff-Michael RothCathy ZozakiewiczNancy Brickhouse

Strand 1: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Examining Beliefs and Understandings in ScienceRoom: Essex B

Presider: Claudia von Aufschnaiter

Paper 1: A Learning Progression for Understanding the Context, Cyclic Nature, and Timescales Associated With the Rock CycleMolly L. Yunker

Paper 2: Learning to Think about Gravity I: From Aristotle to NewtonClaudine I. KavanaghEsther L. ZirbelCary Sneider

Paper 3: Using Formative Assessment to Promote Conceptual ChangeYue YinMiki K. TomitaRichard J. Shavelson

Paper 4: Effectiveness of a Learning Pathway Based on Model Construction and Criticism TheoryMaria C. Nunez-OviedoRosa CatalanJuan GodoySergio Rojas

Strand 2: Symposium: Using Evidence: Students’ Abilities and Needed SupportRoom: Laurel D

Carrie BeyerBarbara HugLisa KenyonLeema KuhnKatherine McNeillTed Willard

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Learning from Shared Experiences and Discourse in Science EducationRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon IV

Presider: Obed Norman

Paper 1: Making Meaning of Shared Experiences Using Cogenerative DialoguesGillian U. Bayne

Paper 2: Effects of Computer Simulation on English Lan-guage Learners’ Science LearningKihyun Ryoo

Paper 3: Orchestrating Productive Discussions: A Study of Dialogic Exchange in Science ClassroomsLindsey Mohan

Paper 4: Exploring Students’ Dialogue with Evolution and the Influence of their Questions in the Teacher’s DiscourseEduardo F. MortimerMarina Lima-Tavares Maria Pilar Jimenez Aleixandre

Strand 3: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Professional Development of Inservice Primary TeachersRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 1

Presider: Mark Guy

Paper 1: The Effects of a Science Teaching Intervention on Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs About Science TeachingCynthia LundeenDiana C. RiceSibel Kaya

Monday, March 31


Paper 2: Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching the Nature of Science: A Study of Teachers Effective in Impact-ing Students’ ViewsDeborah HanuscinMichele H. LeeValarie L. Akerson

Paper 3: Doing the Work of Reform: Teachers’ Narratives of Hard-Won AccomplishmentsJulie Haun-FrankSue C. KimmelHeidi CarloneMargaret Vaughn

Paper 4: Getting the Big Picture: The Impact of a Summer Workshop on Teachers’ Views of Scientific Inquiry, Nature of Science and Classroom InteractionKhemmawadee PongsanonAlan OliveiraValarie L. AkersonAbdulkadir GenelHuseyin Colak

Strand 4: Symposium: Popularity and Relevance of Science Education and Scientific Literacy - The PARSEL Project in EuropeRoom: Dover C

Presider: Wolfgang K. Graeber

Wolfgang K. GraeberClaus BolteJack HolbrookAvi HofsteinMartin LindnerJan Alexis NielsenRachel Mamlock-Naaman

Strand 4: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Teacher/Teach-ing ComparisonsRoom: Kent A

Presider: Saouma B. BouJaoude

Paper 1: A Study of the Science Inquiry Learning Environ-ments Created by National Board Certified TeachersJon Saderholm

Paper 2: Describing and Comparing Mathematics and Sci-ence Teaching: Subject Culture Under the MicroscopeLinda M. Darby

Paper 3: Understanding First-Time Enactment of Environ-mental Decision-Making: Lessons for the Support of Teachers and Design of Professional DevelopmentRichard J. VathAnna Switzer

Paper 4: Experienced and Novice Teachers’ Concepts of ScaleGail JonesThomas R. TretterAmy TaylorTom Oppewal

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Conceptual Reasoning and DevelopmentRoom: Essex A

Presider: Kristy L. Halverson

Paper 1: Analysis of Learning Progressions Using Classifica-tion Tasks: Application to the Intermolecular Forces ConceptMarilyne StainsVicente Talanquer

Paper 2: The Metacognition of College Science StudentsJanice M. BonnerWilliam Holliday

Paper 3: The Impact of Undergraduate Research Experiences on the Graduate Student /Postdoctoral Fellow MentorDeborah JohnsonKathryn A. SmithErin L. Dolan

Paper 4: Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Nano-literacy Through an Instructional ModuleDenise L. DraneSu SwaratEun Jung ParkKathy ChenThomas Mason

Strand 6: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Tracking Con-ceptual Change in Informal ScienceRoom: Laurel C

Presider: Lynn D. Dierking

Paper 1: Changes in Children’s Conceptions of Nature Fol-lowing a Residential Environmental Education ExperienceBryan M. Rebar

Paper 2: Uncovering Visitor Conceptions of Fossils and the Fossil RecordJames F. KisielJeanine Ancelet

Monday, March 31


Paper 3: Visitors’ Geological Conceptions and Meaning Making at Petrified Forest National ParkNievita F. Bueno WattsSteven SemkenMonica PinedaCheryl Alvarado

Paper 4: Science Learning in a Leisure SettingJohn FalkMartin Storksdieck

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Examining Teacher Education/Certification Programs IRoom: Kent B

Presider: Robert D. Sherwood

Paper 1: Hybrid Coursework in Teacher Preparation: Teach-er Education’s Structural Response to Increased Demand for Highly Qualified Science TeachersBrian C. Baldwin

Paper 2: Factors Underling Decisions to Pursue Alternative Routes to Secondary Science CertificationFouad Abd-El-Khalick

Paper 3: Recent Policy Documents with Implications for STEM Teacher Education and ResearchRobert D. Sherwood

Paper 4: Landscape Baseline Data in a Large Scale Science Teacher Preparation ModelJ Randy McGinnisGili Marbach-Ad Scott Jackson DantleyBenson SpencerAmy DaiRebecca Pease

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Aspects of Learning in Professional Learning CommunitiesRoom: Dover B

Presider: Kate Popejoy

Paper 1: An Analytical and Interpretive Framework for Examining Social Interactions in Professional Learning CommunitiesHui JinGail Richmond

Paper 2: Conditions for Collaborative Knowledge Construc-tion of Inservice Science Teachers in Problem-Based Profes-sional DevelopmentMeilan ZhangMary LundebergTom J. McConnellMatthew J. KoehlerJan Eberhardt

Paper 3: Inquiry into Practice: How Teachers Learn to En-gage Their Students in Model-Based ReasoningCynthia PassmoreConnie HvidstenLin XiangArthur BeauchampWendell PotterHedman Rich

Paper 4: Teachers’ Collaborative Inquiry: Making Sense of Classroom-Based DataTamara D. H. NelsonAngie FosterDavid SlavitAnne KennedyWendi Laurence

Strand 8: Related Paper Set: Studies on Teacher Professional Development Room: Kent C

Presider: Silke Mikelskis-Seifert

Paper 1: Can a Learning-Process Oriented Training of Phys-ics Teachers Using Video-Feedback Alter Teachers’ Subjective Beliefs?Rainer WackermannGeorg TrendelHans E. Fischer

Paper 2: Studies on Video-Based Physics Teacher Professional DevelopmentClaudia KastensReinders DuitManfred Lehrke

Paper 3: Physics Teacher Professional Development in the Program ‘Physics in Context’Silke Mikelskis-SeifertReinders Duit

Paper 4: Do Teacher In-Service Training Courses Have an Impact on Teachers’ Conceptions of Teaching and Learning and on Students’ Understanding in Primary Science?Thilo KleickmannKornelia Miller

Monday, March 31


Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Curriculum ReformRoom: Essex C

Presider: Brian J. Reiser

Paper 1: Teachers’ Perceived Meanings of Their New Cur-riculum Reforms: Lessons from One School District in South AfricaBongani D. Bantwini

Paper 2: Enactment Indicators of Reform Outcomes in Sci-ence Textbooks: An Holistic LookAjda Kahveci

Paper 3: Under Cultural Conflict: Change of the Teacher Discourses About Taiwanese Curriculum ReformYun-Ping GeHuey-Por ChangKuo-Hua Wang

Paper 4: Characterizations of Inquiry: Science Teachers’ Descriptions of Curriculum ReformAnn RivetMary PetzoldtJenny IngberJessica F. Riccio

Strand 11: Symposium: Pathways to New Possibilities: Cre-olized Science, Solidarity, and Hybrid IdentitiesRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Rowhea Elmesky

Rowhea ElmeskyGale SeilerChristopher EmdinLisa SingletaryWesley B. Pitts

Strand 12: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Technologies as Tools for Teaching and LearningRoom: Laurel B

Presider: Susan A. Yoon

Paper 1: Instructional Strategy Enhancing Learners’ Sense Toward Online Classroom CommunityRuey S. Shieh

Paper 2: Educational Software Evaluation Scale: The Study of Validity and ReliabilityYilmaz Kara

Paper 3: Students Becoming Information Technology Fluent: Technology-Embedded Environmental Research StudiesJazlin EbenezerOsman KayaDionysius Gnanakkan

Paper 4: A Collaborative Support Tool for Problem-Solving Ability: Idea Storming CubeChun-Chieh HuangChun-Yen ChangTsai-Yen LiHao-Chuan Wang

Strand 14: Symposium: Intersection of the Influence of Schooling, Culture, and Nature on the Motivation of Ha-waiian and Taiwanese Indigenous ChildrenRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presider: Joel Mintzes

Paper 1: The Intersection of The Influences of Schooling, Culture And Nature on The Motivation of Hawaiian and Taiwanese Indigenous ChildrenEleanor D. AbramsChuing-Fen YenLarry YorePauline W. ChinnHuei LeeErica BlattChorgn-Jee Guo

Evening Events

6:30PM – 7:30PMMembership and Election Committee-Sponsored Graduate Student ForumRoom: Dover C

6:30PM – 8:30PMJournal of Research in Science Teach-ing Editorial Board Meeting/Dinner(Board meeting open to all, Dinner by invitation only)Room: Grand Ballroom IX

Monday, March 31

Tuesday, April 1


Tuesday, April 1 Tuesday, April 1NARST Committee Meetings

7:00AM – 8:15AM

NARST Outstanding Paper Award Selection Committee MeetingRoom: Essex A

Equity and Ethics Committee MeetingRoom: Laurel A

External Policy and Relations Committee MeetingRoom: Laurel B

International Committee MeetingRoom: Essex B

Membership and Election Committee MeetingRoom: Laurel C

Program Committee MeetingRoom: Laurel D

Publications Advisory Committee MeetingRoom: Kent A

Research Committee MeetingRoom: Kent B

Ad hoc: History of Science Education Committee MeetingRoom: Kent C

Outstanding Doctoral Research Award Selection CommitteeRoom: Essex C

JRST Award Selection CommitteeRoom: Dover A

Early Career Research Award Selection CommitteeRoom: Dover B

Distinguished Contributions in Research Award Selection CommitteeRoom: Dover C

Ad Hoc: Practitioner Research Committee Business MeetingRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Session 88:30AM – 10AMPublications Advisory Committee Sponsored Session: Publi-cation in the Journal of Research in Science TeachingRoom: Dover APresider: Barbara A. Crawford

J. Randy McGinnisAngelo Collins

External Policy and Relations Committee Sponsored Session: Taking Action--What Can NARST Members Do to Inform Policymakers and the Public-At-Large?Room: Grand Ballroom Salon IV

Presider: Catherine Milne

Jodi Peterson Lynn A. Bryan

Strand 1: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Inquiry and DesignRoom: Essex B

Presider: Gregory P. Thomas

Paper 1: Utilizing Contrasting Cases to Target Science Rea-soning and Content in a Design-for-Science UnitEli M. SilkChristian D. Schunn

Paper 2: Fifth Grade Students’ Understandings About In-quiry and Doing InquiryEunkyung KoNorman G. Lederman

Paper 3: Skills and Levels of Students’ Inquiry Competence in Lower Secondary Biology Education (Grade 5-10)Andrea MoellerChristiane GrubeJuergen Mayer

Paper 4: A Cross-Analysis for High-School Students’ Personal Epistemology and Understanding About InquiryFang-Ying YangYing-Shao HsuMeng-Jung Tsai

Strand 2: Symposium: Reading Scientific Texts: Adapting Primary Literature for Promoting Scientific LiteracyRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Stephen Ritchie

Linda M. PhillipsAnat YardenHedda FalkStephen P. NorrisMaria Pilar Jimenez AleixandreDanielle J. Ford

Strand 3: Related Paper Set: Preservice, Beginning, and Inservice Elementary Teachers: Issue Related to Effective Elementary Science TeachingRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 1

Presider: Katherine McNeill


Paper 1: A Comparison of Field and University Based Sci-ence Methods Courses’ Impact on Preservice Teacher’s View of How Students Learn ScienceAnne P. GatlingKatherine McNeillDean MartinMichael Barnett

Paper 2: Classroom Inquiry Style and Its Influence on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching PracticeAnnmarie R. WardCarla Zembal-Saul

Paper 3: Beginning Elementary Teachers’ Learning to Use Questions and Questioning in Inquiry-Oriented Science Teaching: A Longitudinal StudyCory T. ForbesElizabeth Davis

Paper 4: A Professional Development Program for In-Service Elementary Teachers: Supporting Curriculum Planning and Enactment Grounded in the Psychological Tools of ScienceWendy M. SinkJennifer Cartier

Strand 4: Symposium: Hominid Evolution: Theory, Facts, and ‘Tales’ from the FieldRoom: Dover C

Presider: Norman F. Thomson

Norman F. ThomsonJennifer AdamsSam OdellSeri ChapmanDavid JacksonJacque Magner

Strand 4: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Teachers’ Be-liefs and InteractionsRoom: Kent A

Presider: SueAnn I. Bottoms

Paper 1: The Influence of Beliefs, Knowledge and Goals on the Implementation of Literacy Strategies in the Science ClassroomKirsten K. MawyerDaniel C. Edelson

Paper 2: The Analysis of Instructional Variations Among Chemistry TeachersSoonhye ParkJ. Steve Oliver

Paper 3: Teachers’ Pedagogical Beliefs About SSI and Scien-tific Literacy in IsraelLea SegalDana L. ZeidlerAriel Cohen

Paper 4: Content Knowledge for Teaching as Reflected in Teacher-Student Interactions: Two Video Case AnalysesAlicia C. AlonzoMareike KobargTina Seidel

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Methods of Earth Science InstructionRoom: Essex A

Presider: Kate Popejoy

Paper 1: Earth Science Teachers’ Perceptions of Autonomous Informal Education Assignments in a Nationwide Online Paleontology CourseRenee M. ClaryJames H. Wandersee

Paper 2: Using Geologic Time Inquiry-Based Activities to En-hance Student Learning in the Introductory Geoscience LabsIris M. TottenMo Morse

Paper 3: Geologic Problem Solving in the Field: Insights into Student Problem Solving Strategies Through Analysis of Field NavigationEric M. RiggsRussell BallietChristopher C. Lieder

Paper 4: Should “Proof” and “Truth” Be Targeted First? Evi-dence for Addressing Some Nature of Science Concepts and Misconceptions Earlier Than OthersJoanne K. OlsonMichael P. CloughDavid Vanderlinden

Strand 6: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Out of School ContextsRoom: Laurel C

Presider: David Anderson

Paper 1: Scientific Literacy: College Students’ Evaluations of Media ReportsConnie A. Korpan

Tuesday, April 1 Tuesday, April 1


Tuesday, April 1 Tuesday, April 1Paper 2: A Study of Sixth Graders’ Creativity and Problem-solving Ability Through Othello GamesWanchu HuangHuei-Huei Lin

Paper 3: A Link between Science and Life: An Evaluation of Everyday Science ClassMijung KimHeesook YoonYoungrae JiJinwoong Song

Paper 4: SPARK! Igniting Student Interest in STEM Through Engineering DesignJennifer Chidsey PizzoRashmi KumarWendy GreenSusan A. Yoon Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Preservice Teachers’ Problems of Practice and Rethinking Teacher Edu-cation ApproachesRoom: Kent B

Presider: Steven F. Tuckey

Paper 1: Enacting Systems Thinking in Science EducationAnna Lewis

Paper 2: Exploration of Korean Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching-Anxiety and Science Teaching-Ef-ficacySung-Youn ChoiSung-Won Kim

Paper 3: Framing Future Discussions and Research on Sci-ence LiteracySteven F. TuckeyCharles AndersonKelly M. MerrittHosun KangMark Conley

Paper 4: Understanding Science Teacher Candidates’ Views of Problems of Practice: Scientific Literacy and StudentsHosun KangCharles W. AndersonSteven F. TuckeyKelly M. MerrittMark Conley

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: From Learning to Teaching ScienceRoom: Kent C

Presider: Kevin Carr

Paper 1: Capitalizing on Teacher Expertise: Contemplating Transfer From Professional Development to the Classroom Through Effective Use of Pedagogical ContextsAndrea Gay

Paper 2: From Learning Science to Teaching Science: What Transfers?Danielle B. Harlow

Paper 3: Professional Development in PracticeVictoria M. Deneroff

Paper 4: Do Middle School Teachers Integrate Content They Learn in a Physical Science Distance Learning Course into Their Instruction?Rebecca McNall KrallJoe P. StraleySally A. ShaferKelly D. BradleyJessica D. CunninghamJeffrey L. Osborn

Strand 8: Symposium: Exploring the First Year of Teaching in Secondary Science ClassroomsRoom: Dover B

Presider: Gillian H. Roehrig

Julie LuftGillian H. RoehrigJennifer NeakraseJonah FirestoneAllison KirchhoffSelcen GuzeyYounkyeong NamAnn KernIra MaterassiKrista AdamsEun BangMary Sande

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Assessment Development IRoom: Essex C

Presider: George DeBoer

Paper 1: Students’ Competence of ArgumentationNicola Mittelsten ScheidCorinna Hößle

Paper 2: Using Concept Cartoons as a Formative Assessment and Learning Tool in ScienceChristine ChinLay-Yen Teou


Paper 3: The Effects of Portfolio Assessment on Student Out-comes in ChemistryJeffrey S. CarverWilliam J.F. Hunter

Strand 11: Symposium: Perspectives of Scholar Activism, Pragmatism, and Orchestration in Science EducationRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Adam Johnston

Adam JohnstonJohn SettlageDavid MossHeidi Carlone

Strand 12: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Learning with TechnologiesRoom: Laurel B

Presider: Yilmaz Kara

Paper 1: Integrating Physics and Math Through Microcom-puter-Based Labs (MBL): Effects on Discourse Type and Quality and MathematizationSaouma B. BouJaoudeMurad E. Jurdak

Paper 2: The Connected Classroom: Physical Science Case StudiesKaren E. IrvingVehbi A. SanalanMelissa L. Shirley

Paper 3: Unraveling the Influence of Haptic Feedback on Students’ Learning about LeversEric N. WiebeM. Gail JonesJames MinogueJennifer CowleyDenise Krebs

Strand 14: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Environmen-tal Education in Elementary School SettingsRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 11

Presider: Rita Anne Hagevik

Paper 1: An Urban Elementary Teacher’s Experience Sur-rounding Her Students’ Participation in an Outdoor Envi-ronmental Science Field TripPeggy L. Preusch

Paper 2: Back in the Classroom: Teacher Influence on Students’ Environmental Understandings, Perceptions, and Actions Following an Earth Education ProgramLisa FelixBruce Johnson

Paper 3: A Case Study of NatureWatch within an Elemen-tary School: Schools, Teachers, Students, and Community Based Monitoring (CBM)Douglas KarrowXavier Fazio

Paper 4: Examining Elementary Students’ Understanding of Farming and Food Growing Related IssuesOksana BartoshJolie Mayer-SmighLinda Peterat

Break10:00AM – 10:30AM

Plenary Session 210:30AM – 11:45AMRoom: Grand Ballroom V & VI

Program Committee Sponsored Plenary 2: Peter Fensham – Keynote Speaker

Science Education Research and Science Education Policy: A Too Often Overlooked Link

Presider: Charlene M. Czerniak

Awards LuncheonRoom: Grand Ballroom VII & VIII

12:00PM – 1:45PM


International Committee Sponsored Session: Reforms in Sci-ence Education in Different CountriesRoom: Dover A

Presider: Mei-Hung Chiu

David TreagustUri ZollerChristine ChinAvi HofsteinGilberto Alfaro-Varela



Tuesday, April 1 Tuesday, April 1Strand 1: Related Paper Set: Effect of Model-Based Phys-ics Instruction on the Development of Problem Solving and Metacognitive StrategiesRoom: Essex B

Presider: Esther L. Zirbel

Paper 1: The Effect of Model-based Physics Instruction on the Development of Problem Solving and Metacognitive StrategiesKathy Malone

Paper 2: The Impact of a Modeling Based Ninth Grade Physics Curriculum on Scientific Reasoning and Mathemat-ics ConceptsAnita SchuchardtKathy MaloneBill DiehlKamille HarlessDudley ParrRobert McGinnis

Paper 3: How Mathematical Literacy Impacts Inquiry in PhysicsDoug ValletteNanette Dietrich

Paper 4: Adapting to Modeling Instruction over TimeJeff SaulLloyd KramerD. JonesEric BreweG. O. Brian

Paper 5: Framing Student Discourse for Optimal Learning in PhysicsColleen Megowan-Romanowicz

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Building Suc-cessful Relationships in Science Classrooms and LaboratoriesRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Erin M. Furtak

Paper 1: A Comparative Science Study: Uncertainty in the Laboratory and in the Science Education ClassroomSusan A. Kirch

Paper 2: Conflict in Cooperative Learning Groups in an Elementary Science Methods CourseScott B. WatsonGlenna Dunn

Paper 3: A Comparison of Science and Mathematics Teach-ers’ Interpersonal Behaviour With Teachers of Other SubjectsPerry den BrokRuurd TaconisDarrell L. Fisher

Paper 4: Implementation of Objectives for Laboratory Work in Secondary School SciencePer HögströmChristina OttanderSylvia Benckert

Strand 2: Related Paper Set: Learning Science in Authentic SettingsRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon IV

Presider: Penny J. Gilmer

Paper 1: Learning Science in Authentic Settings: Moving Students to the Inner CircleBarbara A. Crawford

Paper 2: The City as a Research Site: Using Inquiry with English Language Learning Students in an Urban Middle School to Investigate Ecological ConceptsXenia MeyerBarbara A. Crawford

Paper 3: Towards Independent and Critical Thinking: Learning about Evolutionary Concepts through Inquiry in a Rural High SchoolRobert HumphreyLynn VaccaroBarbara A. Crawford

Paper 4: Learning the Process and Nature of Science in the Context of Cutting-Edge Plant Biotechnology ResearchMaya PatelDeborah TrumbullElizabeth FoxBarbara A. Crawford

Strand 3: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Student Learn-ing and Conceptions in Primary ScienceRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 1

Presider: Shireen Desouza

Paper 1: Integrating Science and Literacy: Does One Size Fit All?Leigh K. SmithKendra M. HallJanet Losser


Paper 2: The Impact of an Integrated Science Reading Inter-vention on Elementary Children’s Misconceptions Regarding Slow Geomorphological Changes Caused by WaterPatricia MartinezBrenda Bannan-RitlandAnastasia KitsantasJohn Baek

Paper 3: Promoting Children’s Reasoned Argumentation on a Complex Socioscientific IssueMay JadallahBrian MillerRichard C. AndersonKim Nguyen-Jahiel

Paper 4: Effects of the Implementation of Science Writing Heuristic on Students’ Understanding of Electricity Unit in 6th Grade Setting in TurkeyEsra KabatasMurat GunelErdogan BuyukkasapMustafa UzogluBrian Hand

Strand 4: Symposium: Teacher Learning of Technology-En-hanced Formative AssessmentRoom: Dover C

Presider: Ian D. Beatty

Ian D. BeattyAllan P. FeldmanHyunju LeeKaren St. CyrRobby Harris

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: College Science Faculty DevelopmentRoom: Essex A

Presider: Vicente Talanquer

Paper 1: Identity Conflicts in College Science TeachingRobert J. CeglieJohn Settlage

Paper 2: Utilizing K-12 Science Education Partnerships to Develop Better Scientists: Integrating Pedagogy and Partner-ship Experiences into Graduate Science TrainingAllison BuschKimberly D. Tanner

Paper 3: Drivers for Change in Faculty Members Thinking About TeachingErika OfferdahlLisa ElfringDebra Tomanek

Paper 4: Exploring Scientific Research Disposition from the Perspective of Academic ProfessorsRoeland M. Van der RijstJan H. van DrielJan W. KijneNico Verloop

Strand 6: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Seeing Science Learning in Wider ContextsRoom: Laurel C

Presider: Martin Storksdieck

Paper 1: Growing A Scientist: Scientists’ Experiences, Rela-tionships, and Identity FormationJennifer ForresterGail Jones

Paper 2: Designing Curricula to Bridge Informal and For-mal Learning EnvironmentsJenny IngberNicholas StroudMegan RobertsKatherine BrownEmily Noto

Paper 3: Student Learning in an Informal Setting: Rainfor-est Ecology in the AmazonEnrique M. ParejaSandra K. Abell

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Role of Clinical Field Experiences in Preservice Teachers’ DevelopmentRoom: Kent B

Presider: Jacqueline Leonard

Paper 1: Cases Studies of Elementary Preservice Teach-ers’ Science Efficacy and Inquiry-Based Practices in Urban SchoolsJacqueline LeonardJames E. Davis

Paper 2: Field Experiences of Elementary Preservice Teach-ers: Does the Involvement of the Science Methods Instructor Make a Difference in New Teacher Confidence?Jacqueline T. McDonnoughJuanita Jo Matkins

Paper 3: One-to-One Field Experiences: How Do Child-In-teractions Influence Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Science Confidence and Content Knowledge?Julie ThomasRatna Narayan



Tuesday, April 1 Tuesday, April 1Paper 4: The Role of the Practicum Experience in Support-ing Secondary Pre-Service Teachers’ Implementing Inquiry Based ScienceXavier FazioWayne MelvilleAnthony Bartley

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: What Matters in PD? Teachers’ NeedsRoom: Kent C

Presider: Robert M. Danielowich

Paper 1: Understanding the Affordances of an Online Induc-tion Program for Beginning Science TeachersJoel D. DonnaGillian Roehrig

Paper 2: What Misconceptions Do US Teachers Have About Lesson Study?Andrew B. WestMark Volkmann

Paper 3: Practice-Based Professional Development: Design Considerations for New and Experienced Users of Curricu-lum MaterialsHeather JohnsonKirsten K. MawyerDaniel C. Edelson

Strand 8: Symposium: Impact of Socioscientific Issues Re-search on Research, Policy and PracticeRoom: Dover B

Presider: Troy D. Sadler

Dana L. ZeidlerTroy D. SadlerMartina NieswandtChin-Chung TsaiVaille M. DawsonGrady J. Venville

Strand 9: Symposium: Preparing Policy Researchers in Sci-ence Education: A Model for Preparing Policy Researchers in Science Education – SERGERoom: Laurel B

Presider: Jerine Pegg

Carol StuessyDane BozemanToni HollasToni A. IveyRasheedah RichardsonSara SpikesThomas Stiles

Caroline VasquezRobert Wilson

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Curriculum Analysis: TextbooksRoom: Essex C

Presider: Regina Toolin

Paper 1: Seeing the Wood for the Trees: An Analysis of Evolu-tionary Diagrams in Biology TextbooksKefyn M. CatleyLaura R. Novick

Paper 2: The Analysis of Diabetes Education in High School Biology TextbooksDeanna M. LankfordLloyd H. Barrow

Paper 3: Effects the Representational Structures on Students’ Nervous System Image Reading ComprehensionWen-Gin YangDe-Wei FengJia-Cheng Ye

Paper 4: Balance of Scientific Literacy Themes in Zambian High School Chemistry Textbooks, Syllabus and Examina-tionsFrackson MumbaVivien M. ChabalengulaWilliam J. F. Hunter

Strand 11: Symposium: Promoting New Directions in Sci-ence Education: Part 2, Conceptual FrameworksRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Felicia M. Moore

Felicia M. MooreMagnia GeorgeEileen C. ParsonsBrian WilliamsJomo MutegiBryan Anthony Brown

Strand 13: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Methodology and Pedagogy in the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of ScienceRoom: Kent A

Presider: Valarie L. Akerson

Paper 1: Conceptualizing Scientific Explanations in Science Education: Methodological and Pedagogical ConsiderationsDeniz Peker


Paper 2: Utilizing Nature of Science as the Context of Doing ScienceByoung-Sug KimNorman G. Lederman

Paper 3: Scientific Argumentation and Teacher ExpectationsJeremy PetersonLaura C. PriceNikki L Hanegan

Paper 4: The Relationship Between Nature of Science and ArgumentationRola KhishfeShannon PalouciTodd Medintz

Strand 14: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Environmen-tal Education in Secondary School SettingsRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 11


Paper 1: The Interplay Between Teachers’ and Students’ Per-sonal Values and the Development of Environmental Action Projects Within Two Middle School ClassroomsKim E. Charmatz

Paper 2: Leveraging GIS Technology in Urban Schools to Visualize Impact of Urban Forests on Climate, Energy Use and Air QualityMichael BarnettMeredith E. HouleMichelle Smith

Paper 3: Effects of Ethnicity and Gender on 6th Grade Stu-dents’ Environmental Knowledge and AttitudesRachel M. SheltonSybil S. KelleyWilliam G. Becker

Break3:30PM – 4:00PM


Ad hoc History of Science Education Committee Sponsored Session: Science Education Research Traditions in Europe: Shedding Light on DidacticsRoom: Dover A

Presider: Fouad Abd-El-Khalick

Fouad Abd-El-KhalickSaouma B. BouJaoudeReinders DuitAndre TiberghienMaria Pilar Jimenez AleixandreJustin Dillon

Strand 1: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Inquiring into Understanding in the Physical SciencesRoom: Essex B

Presider: Adam Johnston

Paper 1: Research And Instruction-Based/Oriented Work (RAINBOW) for Conceptual Change in Science Learning – An Example of Students’ Understanding of Gas ParticlesMei-Hung Chiu

Paper 2: Evolution of Students’ Model-Building PracticesValerie K. OteroDanielle B. Harlow

Paper 3: Using Rasch Analysis and Classroom Observations to Examine High-Stakes TestingCatherine MilneJimmy Ma

Paper 4: Exploring Variations in and Developing Typology for Undergraduate Students’ Conception of “Size and Scale”Eun Jung ParkSu SwaratGreg LightDenise Drane

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Exploring Encounters in Science EducationRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon IV

Presider: Mark James

Paper 1: Don’t Say Yuk, Say ‘Hum’:.The Role of Interjections in Students’ Engagement During Science FieldtripsBruno D. O. Jayme

Paper 2: Synchronizing Face-to-Face Encounters to Produce Success in Urban ScienceKenneth G. Tobin

Paper 3: Potentialities Beyond Deficit Perspectives: Improv-ing Solidarity and Science Fluency During Chemistry Labo-ratory Activities in Urban High SchoolsWesley B. Pitts



Tuesday, April 1 Tuesday, April 1Paper 4: A Cross-Cultural Comparison in the Use of VAST-Models by Thai and United States High School Students for Learning Atomic StructurePanwilai ChomchidNorman F. Thomson

Paper 5: Teacher/Student Questioning InteractionsKelley FridenSara E. MorrisonNikki L. Hanegan

Strand 2: Related Paper Set: Children’s Encounters with Sci-ence and Literacy in Urban Classrooms: Collective Land-scapes and Individual EngagementRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Chun-Yen Chang

Paper 1: Integrated Science Literacy Enactments: Spaces for Production of Scientific KnowledgeMaria VarelasChristine C. PappasAngela Calabrese-Barton

Paper 2: Distinctive Interactions: Young Children’s Lan-guage Acts in Dialogic Curriculum GenresEli Tucker-RaymondChristine C. PappasMaria VarelasIbett Ortiz

Paper 3: How Urban Classes Develop, Transform, and Ap-propriate Scientific Ideas: The Ebb and Flow of Concept DevelopmentJustine M. KaneMaria VarelasChristine C. PappasJennifer Hankes

Paper 4: Intertextuality and Gender in Primary-Grade, Ru-ban Classrooms: Girls Making Sense in Science Read-AloudsAmy ArsenaultMaria VarelasChristine C. PappasAnne BarryNeveen Keblawe-Shamah

Strand 4: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Inquiring into InquiryRoom: Dover C

Presider: Angela M. Kelly

Paper 1: Teacher Commitments and Resources to Facilitating Evidence-Based Reasoning in an Inquiry-Based CurriculumDavid Grueber

Paper 2: Investigating the Effectiveness of Inquiry-Based Versus Traditional Science Teaching Methods in Middle and High School Laboratory SettingsMargaret R. Blanchard

Sherry A. SoutherlandLeonard A. Annetta

Paper 3: An International, Systematic Investigation of the Relative Effects of Inquiry and Direct Instruction: A Replica-tion StudyJudith S. LedermanNorman G. LedermanPer-Olof Wickman

Paper 4: Force and Motion: Problem Solving StrategiesLori L. PettyDavid LampRatna NarayanSandi CooperJulie ThomasWilliam LanMary Tallent Runnels

Strand 4: Related Paper Set: Students Argumentative Dis-course in a Seismology Inquiry UnitRoom: Kent A

Presider: Scott P. McDonald

Paper 1: Student Argumentative Discourse in a Seismology Inquiry UnitSteven C. KerlinScott P. McDonaldGregory J. Kelly

Paper 2: An Investigation of the ‘Dead End’ Participant Structure – Examining How Student Cognitive Factors and Teacher Beliefs Impact Its Contribution to Progressive DiscourseBrett A. CriswellScott P. McDonald

Paper 3: The Development of Professional Identity through Participation in a Community of PracticeOliver Dreon Jr.Scott P. McDonald

Paper 4: Understanding Professional Vision in Inquiry Sci-ence TeachingScott P. McDonald

Strand 5: Using the In-Vivo Method to Expose Inquiry-Based Challenges for University Science Students Room: Essex A

Presider: Cheryl Berg


Paper 1: Challenges to Graduate Student Research in the Historical Based SciencesJeff DodickInbal Flash-Gvili

Paper 2: The Doctoral Experiences of Students and Their Ad-visors in Chemistry and Physics: A Qualitative ExaminationRobert H. TaiGeoff PotvinJohn LoehrScott S. Lloyd

Paper 3: The Effect of Disciplinary Identity on Interdisci-plinary Learning During Scientific Group MeetingsAnat YardenNir Esterman

Paper 4: What Can a Laboratory Study of Chemistry Tell Us About Learning?Janet Bond-Robinson

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Preservice Teachers’ Learning and Growth Within Teacher Education ProgramsRoom: Kent B

Presider: Anita Roychoudhury

Paper 1: Intersection of Teacher and Student ZPDs: Instruc-tional ImplicationsAnita Roychoudhury

Paper 2: Facets of Effective Science Learning Environment: Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Observations of Their Clini-cal Experience in Korea and the U.S.Do-Yong ParkMarilyn MoreyMyon U. Lee

Paper 3: Investigating Teacher Knowledge of Learners and Learning and Sequence of Science Instruction in an Alterna-tive Certification ProgramPatrick L. BrownSandra K. AbellPatricia M Friedrichsen

Paper 4: Dual Vision: A Method for Capturing the Learning Journey of Pre-Service Primary Teachers of ScienceChristine J. HowittGrady J. Venville

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Impacting Teacher Knowledge, Teaching Practice and Student LearningRoom: Kent C

Presider: Tamara Holmlund Nelson

Paper 1: Urban School Reform Enabled by Transformative Professional Development: Impact on Teacher Change and Student Learning of ScienceCarla JohnsonSherry Marx

Paper 2: Impacting Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Practice, and Student Achievement: The Role of Educative Curricu-lum Materials and Professional DevelopmentJulie Gess-NewsomeJanet Carlsen PowellJoseph TaylorApril Gardner

Paper 3: Preparing Teachers to Support Students in Conduct-ing a Field-Based, Technology-Rich Scientific InvestigationMeredith E. HouleMichael BarnettPeter PiazzaEric G. Strauss

Paper 4: Project-Based Science Curricula Impact Minority Students’ Achievement, Attitudes, and Plans Via Teacher Knowledge and EnactmentDavid KanterKimberly TesterJack GallagherSpyros Konstantopolous

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Assessment Development IIRoom: Essex C

Presider: Curtis Pike

Paper 1: An Analysis of Field Test Results for Assessment Items Aligned to the Topic of Atoms, Molecules, and States of MatterCari F. Herrmann AbellGeorge DeBoer

Paper 2: The Context Dependency of Students’ Conceptions of Basic Optics Concepts Using a Two-Tier Multiple-Choice Diagnostic InstrumentHye-Eun ChuDavid TreagustA. L. Chandrasegaran

Paper 3: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a New Assessment Instrument for Measuring Student Knowl-edge of Genetics and Natural SelectionRoss H. NehmAlicia CarasscoMary Driscoll



Paper 4: Development of a Concept-Inventory-Based Test in Nanoscale Science and Engineering and Its Use at a Profes-sional Development InstituteAlan K. SzetoLynn A. BryanNicholas J. GiordanoGeorge M. BodnerEmily D. WischowShanna R. Daly

Strand 11: Symposium: Sociocultural Studies and Issues Related to Students and Teachers: Believing, Caring, and PerformingRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Mary M. Atwater

Mary M. AtwaterTonjua B. FreemanGeorgia HodgesWeiling LiRhonda RackleyRegina Suriel

Strand 14: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Scientific Understanding and Environmental EducationRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon II


Paper 1: Facilitating Content Knowledge Through In-depth Examination of Environmental IssuesJames T. McDonald

Paper 2: Environmental Educators’ Conceptions of the Nature of Science and the Role of Science in Environmental EducationTeddie Phillipson-Mower

Paper 3: Decisions and Dilemmas: Using WTL Activities to Increase Ecological LiteracyAlison M. WallaceMeena M. Balgopal

Paper 4: The Development and Implementation of a Model-ing-Based Curriculum to Enhance Ecosystems’ Understand-ing: A Design Experiment With Fifth GradersMarios N. PapaevripidouConstantinos ConstantinouZacharias C. Zacharia

Evening Events

5:00PM – 6:00PMResearch in Science Education (RISE) Editorial Board MeetingRoom: Laurel C

5:45PM – 6:45PMMembership and Elections Committee-Sponsored New Researcher and Junior Faculty Early Career DiscussionRoom: Dover C

Presider: Jim McDonald

Jim McDonaldCatherine M. Koehler

6:30PMEquity Dinner (off site)Please meet in the lobby at 6:30pm. All members of NARST are invited and encouraged to attend.

7:00PM – 9:00PMRoutledge/Taylor and FrancisReception (by invitation only)

Room : TBD

8:00PM – 10:00PMSocial—FARSERoom: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Tuesday, April 1

Wednesday, April 2


NARST Strand Meetings 7:00AM – 8:15AM

Strand 1 Meeting: Science Learning, Understanding and Conceptual ChangeRoom: Essex B

Strand 2 Meeting: Science Learning: Contexts, Charac-teristics and InteractionsRoom: Laurel D

Strand 3 Meeting: Science Teaching--Primary School (Grades preK-6): Characteristics and StrategiesRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon1

Strand 4 Meeting: Science Teaching--Middle and High School (Grades 5-12): Characteristics and StrategiesRoom: Kent A

Strand 5: Meeting College Science Teaching and Learning (Grades 13-20)Room: Essex A

Strand 6 Meeting: Science Learning in Informal ContextsRoom: Laurel C

Strand 7 Meeting: Pre-service Science Teacher EducationRoom: Kent B

Strand 8 Meeting: In-service Science Teacher EducationRoom: Kent C

Strand 9 Meeting: Reflective PracticeRoom: Dover B

Strand 10 Meeting: Curriculum, Evaluation, and Assess-mentRoom: Essex C

Strand 11 Meeting: Cultural, Social, and Gender IssuesRoom: Laurel A

Strand 12 Meeting: Educational TechnologyRoom: Laurel B

Strand 13 Meeting: History, Philosophy, and Sociology of ScienceRoom: Dover C

Strand 14 Meeting: Environmental EducationRoom: Dover A

Session 118:30AM – 10:00AM

Equity and Ethics Committee Sponsored Session: Conceptual Frameworks for Research on Diversity in Science EducationRoom: Dover A

Presider: Angela Calabrese Barton

Panel Discussants:Angela Calabrese Barton Bryan Brown Pauline Chinn Jomo Mutegi Alberto Rodriguez

Strand 1: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Learning Bio-logical ConceptsRoom: Essex B

Presider: Eric N. Wiebe

Paper 1: How Do Domain Specific Learning Stimuli Influ-ence the Students’ Self-Explanations While Learning With Worked-Out Examples in Biology?Iris Mackensen-Friedrichs

Paper 2: Generating Knowledge in Genetics Through a Simulation of a Research in Genetics and BioinformaticsHadas GelbartAnat Yarden

Paper 3: Students Learn About Their Own Bodies as Part of Their Biological and Citizenship Deduction. How Do They Learn? What Do They Learn First? From Whom Do They Learn?Ann W. WrightSue D. TunnicliffeMichael Reiss

Paper 4: Promoting Middle School Student’s Understandings of Molecular GeneticsRavit Golan DuncanJohn RuppertAndrew BauschHava B. Freidenreich

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Reform and Practice in Science EducationRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Lilian Pozzer-Ardenghi

Wednesday, April 2


Paper 1: What is Hindering Reform-Based Teaching: Cul-tural Constraints or Professional Limitations?Mehmet AydenizPaper 2: Primary Grade Writers of Scientific Discourse: Two Case Studies From Integrated Science/Literacy InstructionSheryl L. Honig

Paper 3: Recent Experimental Studies of Inquiry-Based Teaching: A Meta-Analysis and ReviewErin M. FurtakTina Seidel

Paper 4: Differences in High School Students’ Perceptions of What Helps Them Learn Science: A Missing Piece in Deci-sion-Making Regarding Practice and ReformEileen C. ParsonsRhea MilesSpike Petersen

Strand 2: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Improving Sci-ence Achievement Using Technology and Other Innovative StrategiesRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon IV

Presider: Wesley B. Pitts

Paper 1: Improving the Quality of Science Instruction in Primary Schools in Cape Coast in GhanaChristopher Beccles

Paper 2: Investigating the University Learning Environ-ment, Student Engagement and Satisfaction Among Science MajorsShwu-yong L. Huang

Paper 3: A Web-Based Science-Technology-Society Program for Gifted Students in South Korea: Development and ImplementationGilsun LimRobert E. Yager

Paper 4: High School Biology Students’ Evolution Learning ExperiencesLisa A. DonnellyValarie L. Akerson

Strand 3: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Primary Sci-ence Teachers’ Conceptions and PracticeRoom: Grand Ballroom Salon 1

Presider: Terry Shanahan

Paper 1: Experienced Primary Teachers’ and Primary Science Student Teachers’ Collaborative Learning Through Reflection on Their Science TeachingPernilla K. NilssonJan H. van Driel

Paper 2: Exploring the Intersection of Writing and Science in Elementary ClassroomsNicole GlenSharon Dotger

Paper 3: Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Ideas about Evolu-tion: Interrelationships with Self-efficacy, College Science Courses, and Science Content KnowledgeDiana C. RiceCynthia LundeenSibel Kaya

Paper 4: Egomorphism, a Teacher’s Discursive Pedagogical Artifact in/for Science EducationBruno D. O. JaymeGiuliano ReisWolff-Michael Roth

Strand 4: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Students’ Con-tent Knowledge and Personal EpistemologiesRoom: Kent A

Presider: Huseyin Colak

Paper 1: The Relationship Between the Development of Na-ture of Science Views and Personal Epistemologies of Upper Elementary and Middle School StudentsHuseyin ColakKhemmawadee Pongsanon

Paper 2: Classroom Talk Analysis of a Science Teacher Balanc-ing Teaching to the Test and for Conceptual UnderstandingsSara L. SalloumSaouma B. BouJaoude

Paper 3: The Impact of a Kinesthetic Astronomy Curriculum on the Content Knowledge of At-Risk StudentsStephanie J. SlaterTimothy F. SlaterCherilynn Morrow

Paper 4: Nanoscience Instruction in PhysicsThomas R. TretterGail JonesJennifer Wolf

Strand 5: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Methods of Physics InstructionRoom: Essex A

Presider: Lynn A. Bryan

Wednesday, April 2


Paper 1: Experimentation with Combined Physical and Virtual Materials: An Attempt to Enhance Undergraduate Students’ Conceptual Understanding in PhysicsZacharias C. ZachariaPaper 2: The Development of Conceptual Thinking in In-quiry-Based PhysicsBruce R. PattonJennifer Esswein

Paper 3: Undergraduate Students’ Reasoning Skills and Conceptual Development in an Inquiry ClassOmer AcarAnita RoychoudhuryBruce R. Patton

Paper 4: The Process of Physics TAs’ Knowledge Development for Teaching a New Physics CurriculumEulsun SeungLynn A. BryanMark Haugan

Strand 6: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: From Children through Staff -- Learning across Science CentersRoom: Laurel C

Presider: Leonie Rennie

Paper 1: What Did You Learn at the Science Centre? Using Video in Stimulated Recall Interviews With Primary School ChildrenJennifer Dewitt

Paper 2: Guided Dialogue at Science CentersNana Quistgaard

Paper 3: Hands-On or Minds-On? Zones of Interaction and Expressions of Curiosity in an Interactive Science CenterYael Bamberger

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Examining Teacher Education/Certification Programs IIRoom: Kent B

Presider: Carol Johnston

Paper 1: Prospective STEM Teachers’ Early Schooling Ex-periences and Exposures as Drivers to Teach in High Needs SchoolsAthena R. GanchorreDebra Tomanek

Paper 2: STEM Career-changers Transition to Teaching: I Have to Become a Student Again?Carol JohnstonJeanne M. Grier

Paper 3: The Student Associates Scheme: Implications for the Quality of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in England and WalesStuart C. BevinsMarilyn M. BrodieEleanor Brodie

Paper 4: Science and Mathematics Persistence of First-Gen-eration Mexican American Non-Traditional Students in Teacher EducationM. Gail ShroyerAmanda R. MoralesCecilia M. HernandezKimberly A. StaplesDavid Allen

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Teacher Iden-tity and BeliefsRoom: Kent C

Presider: Martina Nieswandt

Paper 1: Retention of Urban Science Teachers: Pathways Toward Integration or ParticipationCarol Rinke

Paper 2: Identities in a Community of Practice: The Role of Beginning Science Teachers’ Identities in Becoming a Mem-ber of Their School Community and Implementing Science Education ReformYavuz SakaSherry A. Southerland

Paper 3: Between Theory and Practice: Beginning High School Science Teachers’ Beliefs About Science and Science Teaching Over TimeMartina Nieswandt

Paper 4: Reforming Science Teaching and Learning in Australian Primary Schools: An Innovative, Low Cost and Successful ModelMark HacklingVaughan PrainShelley Peers

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: In-Service Teacher Programs: What Works?Room: Dover B

Presider: Anil Banerjee

Paper 1: An Examination of the Process of Supporting Uncertified Science Teachers: What New Teachers Need to SucceedWendy M. FrazierDonna R. SterlingMollianne G. Logerwell

Wednesday, April 2


Paper 2: The Impact of a Five-Year, K-6 Systemic Reform Ef-fort on Elementary School Students’ Achievement in ScienceJames A. ShymanskyLeonard A. AnnettaSusan A. EverettLarry Yore

Paper 3: “I’m Invested in the Outcome”: Professional Devel-opment that Matters in the Eyes of TeachersTom J. McConnellTianyi ZhangMeilan ZhangMary LundebergJan Eberhardt

Strand 9: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Reflective Prac-tice and Science Teacher Education IIRoom: Laurel B

Presider: Tamara Holmlund Nelson

Paper 1: Reflective Practice as a Mechanism for Fostering Science Teacher Educators’ Identity Development in an International ContextBrenda Capobianco

Paper 2: Students’ Learning about Plants in Elementary Science Methods: Journal Writing and the Uncertainties of AssessmentElaine V. Howes

Paper 3: Making Formative Assessment Discernible to Pre-Service Teachers: A Pragmatic Self-StudyGayle A. BuckJulianne L. KaftanJennifer Nelson

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Assessment Development IIIRoom: Essex C

Presider: Robert J. Ochsendorf

Paper 1: Diagnostic Research, Development and Imple-mentation of a New Approach to the Teaching of Chemical BondingTami Levy NahumRachel Mamlok-NaamanAvi Hofstein

Paper 2: A Methodological Framework for Studying World-views’ ChangesKonstantinos KorfiatisTasos Hovardas

Paper 3: Developing a Large Scale Assessment Instrument Measuring Students’ Competencies in Nature of Science and Scientific InquiryIrene ZilkerGary M. HollidayAlexander KauertzHans E. FischerJudith S. LedermanNorman G. Lederman

Paper 4: Argumentation and Conceptual Understanding: Grade 10 Students’ Learning About GeneticsVaille M. DawsonGrady J. Venville

Strand 11: Symposium: Why Our Students Stay: Strategies for Retention and Teaching of Women of Color in STEM DisciplinesRoom: Laurel A

Presider: Angela Johnson

Angela JohnsonSybol C. AndersonTerrell LasaneKatherine NorlockKatherine SochaLinda Coughlin

Break10:00AM – 10:30AM

Session 1210:30AM – 12:00PM

Research Committee Sponsored Workshop: Considerations and Complexities of Large Scale StudiesRoom: Dover A

Presider: Randy Yerrick

Sharon J. LynchCurtis PikeMike VitaleNancy Butler-SongerCarol ODonnellRandy Yerrick

Strand 1: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Students’ Un-derstanding of Scientific and Medical PracticeRoom: Essex B

Presider: Susan A. Yoon

Wednesday, April 2


Paper 1: Group Interaction in Hands-On Activities Related to Medical Image ReconstructionSpartak Kalita

Dean A. Zollman

Paper 2: Translations of Scientific Practice to High School Students’ “Images of Science”Michiel van EijckPei-Ling HsuWolff-Michael Roth

Strand 2: Related Paper Set: Designing and Testing the MoDeLS ProgressionRoom: Laurel D

Presider: Eduardo F Mortimer

Paper 1: Designing and Testing the MoDeLS ProgressionChristina SchwarzDavid FortusJo Ellen RosemanBarbara LadewskiTed WillardJoe Krajcik

Paper 2: Incorporating Modeling Practices Into Elementary Students’ Scientific InvestigationsLisa KenyonChristina SchwarzBarbara HugHamin BaekBrandy Buckingham

Paper 3: Incorporating Modeling Practices Into Middle School Project-Based ScienceDavid FortusAyelet WeizmanYael ShwartzJoi MerrittChristina Schwarz

Paper 4: Promoting Preservice Teachers’ Understanding and Use of Scientific Modeling in Teaching and LearningBarbara HugLisa KenyonElizabeth DavisMichele Nelson

Paper 5: Progress and Challenges in Making Modeling Prac-tices MeaningfulBrian J. ReiserChristina SchwarzJoe KrajcikElizabeth Davis

Strand 4: Related Paper Set: Nanoscale Science Education in Grades 7-12: What Do Teachers Need to Know?Room: Kent A

Presider: Lynn A. Bryan

Paper 1: Middle and High School Teachers’ Emerging Con-ceptions of Nanoscale ScienceLynn A. BryanDavid SederbergAlan SzetoShanna DalyKelly HutchinsonFatima BenaissaNick Giordano

Paper 2: Nanoscale Phenomena Models: Middle and High School Teachers’ Conceptions of their Use in CurriculaShanna DalyLynn A. Bryan

Paper 3: Development of a Learning Progression for Stu-dents’ Conceptions of Size and ScaleClara CahillShawn StevensNamsoo Shin

Paper 4: Emergent Conceptions of Size and Properties in the Context of Nanoscale ScienceCesar DelgadoNamsoo ShinJoseph Krajcik

Paper 5: A Qualitative Analysis of Factors Influencing Stu-dents’ Interests in Nanoscale ScienceKelly HutchinsonGeorge BodnerLynn A. Bryan

Strand 5: Symposium: Is Post-Secondary Biological Educa-tion Addressing the Evolution/Creation Controversy?Room: Essex A

Presider: Kimberly D. Tanner

Leslie Sandra JonesDeborah AllenKathleen FisherEllen GrangerKim Sadler

Strand 7: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Inquiry Teach-ing and Learning for Preservice TeachersRoom: Kent B

Presider: Paul Bueno de Mesquita

Wednesday, April 2


Paper 1: Prospective Science Teachers’ Construction of Inquiry in the Context of Planning and Teaching Inquiry Based LessonsLarry HorvathCynthia Passmore

Paper 2: Examining the Ability to Construct a 5E Learning Cycle Science Lesson PlanRichard H. MoyerSusan A. Everett

Paper 3: Teacher Talk, Science Questions, and Depth of Inquiry of Preservice Elementary Teachers During an Initial Inquiry Science LessonPaul Bueno de MesquitaBetty J. YoungCeleste BowlerLaurie CenterCristen Henderson

Paper 4: Use and Quality of Inquiry Pedagogy in the Science Video Lessons of Elementary Preservice TeachersBetty J. YoungBarbara L. NowickiBarbara FitzsimmonsKathleen GuglielmiJudy PaolucciSharon K. Lee

Strand 8: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Attitudes and Perceptions Towards NOS and InquiryRoom: Kent C

Presider: Catherine Wissehr

Paper 1: “Biology in Context”: Teachers’ Professional Devel-opment in Learning CommunitiesDoris Elster

Paper 2: Investigating the Influence of Teachers’ NOS Conceptions on Their Ability and Willingness to Integrate Inquiry into Their Instruction as Revealed through Online LearningHakan AtarAlejandro Gallard

Paper 3: Middle Level Teacher Reflections on Inquiry and Standards Based Science InstructionLoran C. ParkerGerald H. Krockover

Paper 4: Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs and Practical Knowl-edge About Teaching Science as Inquiry: The Effect of an Inquiry-Based Elementary Science CourseSanghee ChoiJohn Ramsey

Strand 10: Coordinator Organized Paper Set: Curriculum AdaptationRoom: Essex C

Presider: Xiufeng Liu

Paper 1: Smaller is Smarter: Technology Enriched Project-Based Inquiry at a Public Urban AcademyRegina E. Toolin

Paper 2: Activities to Promote Student Learning of the Role of Proteins in Modern GeneticsJennifer EklundNonye Alozie

Paper 3: Qualitative Analysis of Primary Level Students’ Scientific Competencies Working With M(odeling)-Open ProblemsSabine MoggeHelmut VogtBernd Wollring

Paper 4: Improving Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Physics and Chemistry: A Modeling ApproachLing L LiangDavid MajerichRichard ClevenstineRaymond Howanski

NARST Board of Directors Meeting 3Buffet lunch for Board members starting at 12:00pm

12:30PM – 4:00PM

Wednesday, April 2

2008 NARST

Documents

Transcript of 2008 NARST